THE motorist who drove along the ice of a canal has had his sentence deferred as he is already in jail.
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THE Environment Agency has removed four nets designed to illegally catch eels from the Nene during the first ever closed season.
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THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust has reached an agreement with the National Trust to lease land to enable part of the northern section of the waterway to be restored.
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THE original promotion of the Oxford and Coventry Canals was for moving coal. When the Grand Junction Canal connected with the Oxford Canal at Braunston then much of the traffic on the route towards London was coal.
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WITH the ever increasing costs of diesel, theft from boats is becoming a regular occurrence, with the Shropshire Union Canal the latest target for thieves.
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In addition to John Harwood's experiences I will add my own. We arrived at Whilton locks to find two hire boats waiting to go up, and were surprised to see that two private boats had gone round them and up the locks.
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FOR over 10 years it has always been the policy of narrowboatworld to encourage contributors, and with this in mind we are offering the chance for anyone to become a guest columnist for the site.
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Our Brian Holmes points out an extract from Waterscape stoppage notices on 22nd October:
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THE Droitwich Ring that was featured in narrowboatworld will soon be complete, as works starts on the final section.
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FOLLOWING the revelation in narrowboatworld some three weeks ago that BW had withheld details of bonus payments made to executive directors in its 2009/10 annual report, comes news that its chief executive, Robin Evans, will not be paid his award, writes Allan Richards.
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