TWO boaters had to be rescued from the Thames after their boat's engine broke down and they drifted into trees.
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AN INVESTIGATION is underway to ascertain if wind turbines could be installed at the Sharpness Docks on the Severn.
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THE Grade II listed Priest Holme Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to be repaired at last.
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A NEWARK councillor believes that lack of dredging is preventing use of transporting freight on the Trent.
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BW is very fond of telling us that it spends about £95 million a year on maintenance but really needs to spend £30m more which it can not afford, writes Allan Richards.
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THE £17.5 millions restoration of the Stroud canals have received a boost by the passing of plans to replace a bridge to allow navigation.
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THE band, Life & Times, recently featured in NbW, will be giving a performance this weekend.
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A BRIDGE on the Grantham Canal is receiving £80,000 from Leicestershire County Council, and will be modified for boats to pass underneath.
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BRITISH Waterways has written to 11 tenants in Sharpness stating it intends to sell their homes by auction, and must vacate in January.
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THOUGH many believe the Bridgewater Canal was England's first man made canal, the Sankey Canal was opened in 1757, four years earlier.
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