LOCAL residents at Lydiate on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal have shown great opposition to the plans for a new marina, and there is little hope of it becoming a reality.
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MARGARET and Brian Limb of Old Whittington, Chesterfield, wanted a special way to mark their Golden Wedding Anniversary, and both being members of the Chesterfield Canal Trust they discovered it.
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THE photograph of the U boat caused quite a bit of interest, and it is actually fitted-out as a U boat as the following picture shows.
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ANGLO-WELSH is obviously not suffering from the financial downturn, as it has 15 new boats on order over the next four years.
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BRITISH Waterways Chairman, Tony Hales has produced an 'open letter' concerning the future of the waterways, which we publish in full:
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WOKING Borough Council recently erected signs concerning 'Cycle Woking' on the Basingstoke Canal, with people complaining how awful they were, as was reported in NbW.
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A MAN was attacked on the towpath of the Rochdale Canal on Sunday (17th October) and thrown into the waterway.
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AFTER a two year study, the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) has identified 'serious flaws' in the organisation and funding of the inland waterways of England and Wales, believing the outcome to be bleak.
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BELIEVE it or not it's a narrowboat, pictured by John Whitehead near Botany Bay on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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IN RESPONSE to the words of Michael Shefras I cannot believe that anyone could even begin to think of combining the Environment Agency with British Waterways, writes Pam Pickett.
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