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Boaters' alarming incident

IT IS not only carbon monoxide that sets off that alarm but hydrogen too, as two boaters found out.

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Published: 01 October 2010

'BW mutualisation could fail'

THAMES User Group (Navigation) coordinator Michael Shefras has warned that should British Waterways 'mutualisation' include Environment Agency navigations it will entail extraordinary upheaval with a risk of failure.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Towpath sex attack

A YOUNG woman has been seriously sexually assaulted by a man on the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Burnley.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Body dumped in Selby Canal

THE body of a Chinese man was dumped in the Selby Canal as a result of a dispute over the profit from drugs.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Sulphur free diesel

A DIRECTIVE by the Fuel Quality Directive Transposition states that all gas oils (red diesel) be virtually sulphur free from next January.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Appeal over boaters' death

POLICE are attempting to trace the last movements of a boater whose body was found in the Grand Union Canal at Cosgrove.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Employee failed to get cash

WHEN boat builders Starline Marine moved from Upton-on-Severn to Frome Hill near Great Malvern. one employee refused to move but lodged a claim for compensation.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Educating cyclists

THE latest attempt to control cyclists on the towpaths is British Waterways teaming up with etiquette experts Debrett's in a bid to educate towpath users about how to share towpaths canals politely.

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Published: 30 September 2010

Broads suffering too

IT IS not only British Waterways and the Environment Agency that are suffering from lack of funding, the Broads too are due for drastic cuts.

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Published: 30 September 2010

Another serious fire injury

A BOATER is in hospital having suffered serious burns in a fire on his  narrowboat that damaged two others moored with it.

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Published: 29 September 2010

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  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
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  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
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  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
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