The Hotel Boat section of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) has awarded their prestigious Lock Keeper of the Year award for 2009/10 to the Liverpool Link Team, Harry Arnold tells us.
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THE winter maintenance work is still carrying on despite the snow and ice at present covering the waterways.
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WITH marina operators losing boats as never before, those on the overcrowded Oxford Canal are worried at the proposals for yet another massive marina.
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THE man living in a tent at Wolvercote Lock on the Oxford Canal says he is expecting to die there.
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THERE'S now ice on the waterways, and of course people believe it can hold their weight, but it cannot so they are having to be rescued.
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HERE is the tale of a 'continuous cruiser' that has complained to his local MP claiming 'victimisation' and 'harassment' by one of BW's Enforcement Officers, writes Ralph Freeman.
A NEW notice has been produced to attempt to counteract the bad publicity concerning the state of the waterways.
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AGAINST massive objections, the controversial plans for a 199 berths marina complex on the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Swindon have been recommended for approval by council officers.
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AFTER the success of the cruises of the past four years it is the intention of the Society to hold a cruise again this year to encourage boaters to explore the Birmingham Canal Navigations prior to the Canal Festival at Pelsall.
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BRITISH Waterways Marketing Director, Simon Salem, told boaters: 'The funding position is no less easy at present, but in the light of the difficult economic climate we have decided not to increase the net of VAT fee levels for the financial year beginning April 2010'.
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