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Cruises on the Grantham

A NEW boat, The Three Shires, arrived at the Grantham Canal on the 28th April, and  was gently lowered into the water.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Narrowboat financed by dead patients

A NHS employee forged documents and a will to steal from dead patients, buying a narrowboat with the proceeds.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Died trying to swim Trent

THE body of 19 years old Daniel Hulland, has been retrieved from the Trent in Nottingham after he failed to swim across the river.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Park and float

AFTER the success of its Park and Float scheme last year, Doncaster Council this weekend started it again with the boat Wyre Lady.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Promise of visitor moorings

THE developers of the new marina that is at present being constructed in Becket's Park on the Nene at Northampton promise that visitor moorings will be available.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Art for the Kennet & Avon

TO CELEBRATE the 200th anniversary of the Kennet & Avon Canal, public art work is planned for the towpath of the canal.

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Published: 03 May 2010

Boater arrested on suspicion of boat murder

A BOATER has been arrested on suspicion of murder of a fellow boater after a fight on a narrowboat by Bridge 212 near Dutton on the Trent & Mersey Canal.

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Published: 01 May 2010

Attempt to save boatyard

ANOTHER ATTEMPT is underway to save the derelict Taylor's Boatyard on the Chester Canal in the town, following the failed one in 2008.
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Published: 30 April 2010

War graves desecrated for canal

THE graves of British soldiers who died fighting in the First World War are being desecrated to make way for a new waterway in northern France.

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Published: 30 April 2010

Saturn on the Llangollen

THE hundred year old fly boat Saturn in travelling the Llangollen in May including an educational trip.

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Published: 30 April 2010

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