A MAN has been been fined £60 for pushing his motorbike across Llanthony Lift Bridge over the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.
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THERE is to be a decision soon as to whether the restoration of the Derby Canal can go ahead—funds providing.
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GREENWICH Council has approved the construction of a cable car across the Thames East of Tower Bridge.
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THE Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking to appoint seven ‘transition trustees' from April this year.
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THE police have had to be brought in to protect narrowboats on the Paddington Arm that have been targeted by thieves.
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THE Kennet & Avon Canal Trust is having problems with falling membership, lack of cash and now disappearing chairman.
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THE flood at Barton Turn has certainly brought home the necessity for regular inspection of the waterways, previously undertaken by lengthsmen, who had knowledge of the possibility of such occurrences.
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REGULAR readers will remember that horrific story of two lurchers left hanging by their necks on a cold New Years Eve on a Grand Union Canal bridge.
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THE subject of biofuel is so confusing and complicated, (unsurprisingly), and I quite agree with Pam that it's been badly thought through, writes Lisa Machin.
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THE fight is on to save the historic Essex Wharf at Lea Bridge on the Lee Navigation from four 'monster' blocks of flats, that have unexpectedly been given planning consent.
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