Local authorities are accountable to their local ratepayers, whose interests seldom extend beyond the basics of keeping essential services running, writes Paul Burke.
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AS PART of the centenary of the birth of Tom Rolt, founder member of the IWA, and being born in Chester, the fly boat Saturn will be joining the celebrations at Chester Basin.
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THE long running saga of a marina and eventually a canal in Daventry has been given the thumbs down by the residents.
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A STUDENT from Huddersfield University has shown that water pumped back into the canals from cooling systems is not harmful to aquatic life as first thought.
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FOR the sixth year, the Narrowboat in Skipton has been named Pub of the Season.
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STOURPORT Forward and partners have given a preview of the latest developments at Stourport, as part of the plan to develop the town's canal basins as a major heritage tourism attraction.
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THE Chesterfield Canal is the subject of an exhibition of work by the North Nottinghamshire Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild in Retford.
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ANOTHER of British Waterways pubs feeling the pinch in the Steamboat Inn at Trent Lock at the bottom of the Erewash Canal.
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ANOTHER lock is to be reopened on the Wey & Arun Canal next month—Devils Hole Lock, near Loxwood in West Sussex.
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IT HAS now been revealed that around 100 people reported feeling ill to Thames Water after the contamination of the Lee Navigation in north-east London last month.
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