THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a pay rise for British Waterways directors will come as something as a shock to the public and employees alike, writes Allan Richards.
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THE plans to turn Brierfield Mill at Burnley on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal into a school solely for Islamic girls is unlikely to go ahead.
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There has been another narrowboat fire, this time on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Hilperton.
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WHEN the buildings at Calverly on the Shropshire Union Canal were converted into a maintenance depot and a service block, the water point was removed.
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A LOCK cottage will be the latest BW property to be sold off, when it comes up for auction early next month.
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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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