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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

Crime pays for two boats

MANY boaters have met Adrian Lane, one of the riverside rangers on the Leicester section of the Soar, whose small team have won a bid for funds from the Leicester & Rutland Criminal Justice Board.

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Published: 19 October 2009

BW recognises best volunteer projects

BRITISH Waterways is celebrating the importance of volunteers to the nation's canals and rivers by recognising ten groups across the regions whose work, it states, has dramatically benefited the waterways over the past 12 months.

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Published: 17 October 2009

BW backs down over 'outrageous' affair

BRITISH Waterways who put Tardebigge New Wharf residents' cottages up for sale without giving residents notice or first choice to buy, have backed down after an MPs involvement.

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Published: 16 October 2009

Still more houses by the canal

SOME ten years ago cruising through Burton-on-Trent on the Trent & Mersey Canal was fairly rural at its northern side, but massive development brought many houses.

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Published: 16 October 2009

Irresponsible anglers warned

THE RSPCA is asking anglers to take more care when fishing as their hooks are causing distress to swans on the River Great Ouse near Ely.

 

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Published: 16 October 2009

Work at Vale Royal

WORK is now well underway on the the smaller of the two locks at Vale Royal on the Weaver including the wall that collapsed six years ago.

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Published: 15 October 2009

Towpath mugging

A TEENAGER was mugged on the towpath of the Rochdale Canal at Todmorden on Tuesday and left very shaken.

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Published: 15 October 2009

Boaters celebrate 200 years of GU

DRESSED in old costumes of the day, boaters and visitors celebrated 200 years of the Grand Union Canal on Monday (12th October).

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Published: 14 October 2009

IWA to celebrate Tom Rolt centenery

NEXT year Inland Waterways Association is to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Tom Rolt, one of its 'founding fathers'

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Published: 14 October 2009

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