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Embroiderers and the Chesterfield Canal

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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Published: 25 March 2010

No takers for pub

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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Published: 24 March 2010

Another lock for the Wey & Arun

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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Published: 24 March 2010

Contaminated Lee Navigation

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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Published: 24 March 2010

Trial for Regent's attacker

A TEENAGER is to stand trial for two stabbings on the Regent's Canal towpath.

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Published: 23 March 2010

Caen Hill reopens at Easter

THOUGH Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes will reopen at Easter, all the scheduled work has not been completed.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Goods by boat

A MANUFACTURER of door furniture has 'commissioned  a freight narrowboat' to transport goods from Wolverhampton to the Olympics site.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Fence to stop students falling in

ANOTHER waterway has had a fence to stop people falling into the water and drowning.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Events calendar

AS THE boating season gets under way, and boating organisations arrange their attractions, it is of course important to advertise them.

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Published: 21 March 2010

Narrowboat sinks on moorings

The other day I went for a wander around Fradley Junction, and above Shadehouse lock, at the far end of the 14 days moorings I came across something very sad, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 March 2010

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Latest

  • Increase in boat licence fees announced today
  • 30th anniversary of boating charity
  • Braunston Tunnel closed
  • Draw-Off period lowers Thames water
  • Former service personnel finding calm on the waterways
  • Severn flood barriers go up
  • Another Customer Service Facility closed
  • Pitfalls of buying second hand boat
  • Inclined plane suggested to relieve broken Anderton Boat Lift
  • No reopening of Aylesbury Arm
  • Keadby rail drawbridge working again
  • Boat buyer was 'seen coming' twice
  • Kennet & Avon lock closed until next summer
  • Rochdale water levels improve
  • £210,000 to restore historic workboat
  • Couple ripped-off with boat purchase
  • Lock water unable to equalise
  • 'Christmas on the Canal' week
  • The Grandest Union launches its debut album
  • A potential severe drought forecasted

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