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Drone arrest on towpath

THE police in Merseyside made the first ever arrest in the UK using a flying drone, of a man hiding on a towpath in fog.

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Published: 12 February 2010

Objections to another marina

Residents of   Lowsonford have voiced objections to the proposed marina by the waterway at their village.

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Published: 12 February 2010

British Waterways back down

BRITISH Waterways have backed down over the proposed withdrawal of moorings at Audlem.

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Published: 12 February 2010

Canal worker injured

A WORKER belonging to a contracting team was injured this week as he was sawing trees by the canal in Devizes.
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Published: 12 February 2010

More sculpture problems

NOT disfigured or stolen (yet) but this time  a canalside sculpture of an angler who to some doesn't look like one.

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Published: 12 February 2010

Why leave the rubbish?

QUITE often the Calder & Hebble Navigation has had problems with leaks, and has had to be drained.

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Published: 12 February 2010

Boater gets an ASBO

A NARROWBOAT owner has been given a two years anti-social behaviour order after drunken parties on the Nottingham Canal in the city, and banned from a local supermarket.

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Published: 11 February 2010

Iron Trunk to be renovated

LOCAL councils and various canal organisations, together with British Waterways have come together to renovate the Trunk Aqueduct, which carries the Grand Union Canal across the River Great Ouse between Wolverton and Cosgrove.

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Published: 11 February 2010

Try the French waterways

IF YOU are a regular hirer, or even a seasoned boater who is looking for something different, perhaps Rugby Boats have the answer.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Award for Liverpool Link

THE Liverpool Link has achieved the top award by the Institution of Civil Engineers at its annual awards ceremony, held at Bolton.

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Published: 10 February 2010

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