An all male inexperienced crew of 10 in a day hire boat managed to sink it in Stanstead Lock on the Lee.
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THOUGH at the moment the country is covered by clouds and rain, there is annual warning about water shortages on the canals.
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A BREACH was discovered at Grindley Brook on the Llangollen Canal on Monday, (27th July) but prompt action by British Waterways staff prevented a major stoppage.
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AS PART of its continued focus on tackling licence evasion, BW has launched a network-wide ‘failing to display' campaign.
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BW Chief Executive Robin Evans says the initial response and feedback from boaters, towpath visitors and other stakeholders to it becoming a 'third sector' organisation, is positive.
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THE man who stabbed his partner and his best friend to death after he found them having sex on his narrowboat has been jailed for 12 years.
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A BOAT lift or even a wheel are the preferred options for a new canal arm—at Daventry.
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PLANS to install an hydro-electric plant at Sawley Weir on the Trent above Sawley Cut would necessitate raising it, which in turn would cause drastic flooding at Sawley Marina and the Cut.
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THE man who was arrested for the killing of boater David Tweddle during a mooring argument at Garstang on the Lancaster Canal has been charged and bailed.
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AT LONG last there is the first tangible signs of the proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway actually taking shape.
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