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Annual licence check started

BETWEEN today (9th November) and the 21st, every boat on British Waterways waters will have its licence checked.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Developers want bigger bridge

DEVELOPERS on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal want a swing bridge scrapping and the waterway diverted so a fixed bridge can be installed.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Two months clean-up

A MASSIVE two months clean up is now underway on the Dublin canals at a cost of €1 million.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Drugs and alcohol factor in boat death

AT THE inquest into the death of boater Marie-Anne Chavasse, it was told that a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol prevented her being able to escape her boat when it caught fire.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Still they come

YET another marina is planned, this time on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Lower Foxhangers Farm at Rowde near Devizes.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Floatel being demolished

WORK started last week on the demolition of the Floatel on the Weaver at Northwich, which closed in January.

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Published: 09 November 2009

Fire in Avon lock

FIRE crews were called out to a boat on fire near Strensham Lock on the Avon yesterday (Thursday).

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Published: 06 November 2009

Work on the Huddersfield Narrow

THE Huddersfield Narrow Canal, that was closed owing to a breach with water leaking into a factory, is to have a winter overhaul.

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Published: 06 November 2009

Unlicenced or unshown?

THE two British Waterways business barges at Paddington Basin are still showing out of date licences as told in the narrowboatworld article.

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Published: 06 November 2009

Volunteer work on the Grantham Canal

VOLUNTEER work on the Grantham Canal has dramatically benefited the waterway over the past 12 months, and British Waterways has presented the Grantham Canal Society with an 'acknowledgement' award.

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Published: 06 November 2009

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