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What regeneration?

THE MP Stephen O'Brien has praised the regeneration of the canals including the Trent & Mersey, Shropshire Union and Llangollen.

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Published: 06 January 2011

Sonia gets a gong

SONIA HOLT, wife of the co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association, Tom Rolt, has been recognised in the Queen's New Years Honours List

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Published: 06 January 2011

Could have been ill or dead!

There is another safety aspect to the How safe is your ash story as well, writes Bob Evans.

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Published: 05 January 2011

Dogs, cows and now a horse

THE frozen canals have certainly claimed the animals, with dogs and now horses falling through the ice, as well as a cow, which however was lucky and did not fall through.

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Published: 05 January 2011

Police divers to search Grand Union

POLICE divers are being considered to search the Grand Union Canal in Leicester, the area where 67 years old Arthur Prosser is believed to have walked.

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Published: 05 January 2011

Comment—Replacing the workforce

OUR Allen Richards makes the point that British Waterways directors are now faced with the challenge of convincing both workforce and public that staff will not be sacked simply to be replaced by volunteer labour.

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Published: 05 January 2011

Stupid cows too!

IT IS not only stupid people who risk drowning from walking on the frozen canals, but animals too.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Two missing from capsized boat

A BOAT with six passengers capsized on the freezing Thames, with two passengers still missing.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Another falls through the ice

Another man has been found dead in a waterway after falling through the ice on the Erewash Canal.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Dogs hung on canal bridge

A WOMAN received a terrible shock when she discovered two dogs hung by their necks from Fairfield Bridge 46 on the Ashby Canal.

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Published: 03 January 2011

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