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Why leave the rubbish?

QUITE often the Calder & Hebble Navigation has had problems with leaks, and has had to be drained.

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Published: 12 February 2010

Boater gets an ASBO

A NARROWBOAT owner has been given a two years anti-social behaviour order after drunken parties on the Nottingham Canal in the city, and banned from a local supermarket.

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Published: 11 February 2010

Iron Trunk to be renovated

LOCAL councils and various canal organisations, together with British Waterways have come together to renovate the Trunk Aqueduct, which carries the Grand Union Canal across the River Great Ouse between Wolverton and Cosgrove.

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Published: 11 February 2010

Try the French waterways

IF YOU are a regular hirer, or even a seasoned boater who is looking for something different, perhaps Rugby Boats have the answer.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Award for Liverpool Link

THE Liverpool Link has achieved the top award by the Institution of Civil Engineers at its annual awards ceremony, held at Bolton.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Amphibious bus broke down

A BUS, that is designed to avoid congestion by using the Clyde in Glasgow as well as roads broke down on its second outing.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Another boat burnt-out

YET another boat has been wrecked by fire, this time at  Lathom near Ormskirk, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Getting filthy for fun!

More than a dozen grown men were slopping around in mud at the weekend, as volunteers from the Waterway Recovery Group helped the Chesterfield Canal Trust's Work Party members to clear a lock.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Hamish Leys

Many visitors to the 20th OwnerShips Show at Braunston last weekend would have been mystified at the name Hamish Leys on the side of the its most recently launched narrowboat, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 February 2010

A much needed overhaul

PART of British Waterways' winter maintenance includes work on the Caldon Canal, with Flint Mill Lock getting new gates.

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Published: 08 February 2010

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