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More cyclists problems

BRITISH Waterways has warned about cyclists problems on the Regents  and Grand Union towpaths, and a report has called for money to make the roads streets and paths adjacent to the canals safer for cyclists.

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Published: 04 March 2010

Petrol caused nine fires in 2009.

PETROL generators and the like have caused nine boat fires in 2009, the Boat Safety Scheme reveals. A dramatic increase from just one the year previously.

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Published: 04 March 2010

Easter tea cruises

THE  Waterway Museum at Gloucester is running  a special tea cruise along the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal on Easter Sunday.

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Published: 03 March 2010

Allen Mathews—a tribute

TRIBUTES have been flooding in to the OwnerShips website following the death of its managing director Allen Mathews, writes Allan Richards. Allen Mathews was the man who invented the concept of shared ownership and proved the sceptics wrong.

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Published: 03 March 2010

Pennywort spreading North

THE invasive quick growing weed, Floating Pennywort, firmly established in the canals and rivers of the South and Midlands, is now spreading North.

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Published: 03 March 2010

Good result

WHEN Peter Lloyd kindly sent us the reports and photographs of the narrowboat that sunk outside its marina, we included his blog address, as a 'thank you'.

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Published: 01 March 2010

Remove the blockage—or else!

THE  NEWS that Cambridge County Council still have  the access to and from the Middle Levels blocked  has enraged the Middle Level Commissioners.

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Published: 01 March 2010

Leak closes Mon & Brec again

THE Mon & Brec Canal is closed at the start of the cruising season due to a leak in the pound that was repaired after the 2007 bank collapse.

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Published: 27 February 2010

Award for boater

BOATER John West has received a commendation from Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton for rescuing a family from the Thames.

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Published: 26 February 2010

Boaters watch out!

BOATERS working the locks from Diglis Basin on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal should take extra care this coming season.

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Published: 26 February 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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