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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

Idiots galore

PEOPLE are ignoring warning that the ice on canals is not safe, and even jumping about on the frozen waterways.

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Published: 03 January 2011

The show goes on

THOUGH virtually everything came to a standstill over the recent bad weather, it did not stop the Stourbridge Santa Boat Trips operating on the Stourbridge Canal.

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Published: 03 January 2011

More boat fires

THE recent cold spell has brought more boat fires, with two  reported within the last seven days.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Doubts over new marina

THE plan to construct a new marina on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal could be another that never sees the light of day.

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Published: 03 January 2011

Where is the money coming from?

DESPITE this being a season of goodwill, I cannot relate the British Waterways management's apparently relaxed attitude to the future funding of our waterways, writes Mike Stone.

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Published: 30 December 2010

Woman dies rescuing her dog

A WOMAN was found with her dog under the ice of the frozen Cherwell—part of the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 29 December 2010

Kennet & Avon 200 years old today

THE Kennet & Avon Canal is 200 years old today (28th December) and is still in being solely through the efforts of the Kennet & Avon Trust.

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Published: 28 December 2010

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