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Pressure to reopen boaters' pub

WITH a very bad winter and little boat traffic, the landlord at the Nag's Head at Abingdon by the side of the Thames put up the shutters in January, but boaters want it open again.

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Published: 21 April 2011

Not quite the relief of Mafeking

BUT for many months the service block at Wheaton Aston on the Shropshire Union Canal has suffered from on and off closures, writes Brian Holmes.

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Published: 21 April 2011

A ‘wee dram' to help

THERE is one thing that can be said about the members of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust—they are never short of ideas to raise cash to help its waterway restoration.

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Published: 21 April 2011

Licence evasion success

SINCE March 2010 the licence evasion rates have remained stable British Waterways has announced.

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Published: 20 April 2011

No more BCN overnight closures

THE repair of Chasewater Reservoir caused overnight closures to the Birmingham Canal Navigations last year, but British Waterways has confirmed these will not be necessary this year.

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Published: 20 April 2011

Better late than never

NEWS that the rock fall that has been partially blocking Woodseaves cutting on the Shropshire Union Canal will finally be cleared in early May has been greeted with a mixture of relief and anger.

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Published: 20 April 2011

Email: More money gone

To answer Iain Powell's question about the closure of the Oxford Canal, the canal will be leased to the contractor for 10 days and if he gets the job done sooner, he collects a bonus. More money gone from the maintenance budget!

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Published: 20 April 2011

Basingstoke Canal pollution

THAMES Water has been fined for allowing raw sewage into the Basingstoke Canal, killing hundreds of fish.

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Published: 20 April 2011

Email: Sod the boaters

It is ridiculous to take ten days to demolish such a small bridge, as the one on the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 20 April 2011

Email: Why 10 days?

I have just received, from British Waterways, a notice of a stoppage on the North Oxford Canal at Bridge 15, Ansty.

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Published: 20 April 2011

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