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No licence increase

NO, IT'S not British Waterways who are pegging licence fees, but Essex Waterways, the subsidiary company of IWA which manages the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation.

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Published: 26 October 2009

Narrowboats brought to 'life'

NARROWBOATS have been brought to 'life' in a series of childrens' books, prompted by a child seeing their faces.

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Published: 26 October 2009

No objection to new marina

NEWCASTLE Borough Council's planning officers have no objection to the proposed new marina on the Shropshire Union Canal at Soudley near Market Drayton.

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Published: 26 October 2009

Arnonists fire narrowboat

A BOAT under restoration on the Aylesbury Arm has been fired by arsonists with most of the work destroyed.

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Published: 26 October 2009

Bid for Dudley tunnel centre

A BID has been made to Dudley Council for the construction of a visitor centre at the Dudley Tunnel, it was announced this week.

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Published: 23 October 2009

Narrowboat as getaway 'vehicle'

THIEVES used a narrowboat as a getaway 'vehicle' to make off with five tons of aluminium they had stolen from a Bloxwich company.

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Published: 23 October 2009

Doesn't please everybody

THOUGH there are many boaters looking forward to the opening of the new marina at Audlem, others are very much against it.

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Published: 23 October 2009

Change for giant heads

THE two giant horses heads planned for the Forth & Clyde Canal, considered a waste of money, are still going ahead but facing a different way.

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Published: 22 October 2009

Support for the lost route to the sea

REGULAR readers will be well aware of the sterling work of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust in restoring the 'lost route to the sea'.

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Published: 21 October 2009

Stenson Bridge to be repaired at £200,000

THE bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at Stenson that had its parapet destroyed when a farmers' trailer toppled through it, is to be repaired at an estimated cost of £200,000.

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Published: 21 October 2009

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Latest

  • Deeply regret but illness causes lack of publication
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed

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