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New lock landing stages too short

OVER £74,000 has been spent on lock landing stages by the Environment Agency on the Nene that boaters claim are too short.

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Published: 10 July 2009

Tattenhall Marina offically opened

THE £2.5 millions Tattenhall Marina on the Shropshire Union Canal is now officially open.
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Published: 09 July 2009

Man arrested for boat fire

THE police have arrested someone in connection with the cruiser fire at Carnforth, who it seems went on a rampage.

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Published: 08 July 2009

Gravel by canal as an excuse

CEMEX is using the excuse that it will transport gravel by the Trent & Mersey Canal as a ploy to get planning permission to start extraction at three new sites.

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Published: 08 July 2009

Will they ever learn?

Time and time again warnings are issued about the dangers of swimming in canals and rivers, yet every year young people take to the water, often with dire consequences.

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Published: 08 July 2009

BW seal famous cave for the bats

THE fate of the Devils Den cave at Prestwood near Kinver on the Staffs & Worcs Canal has now been sealed up—for the bats.

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Published: 05 July 2009

Regent's Canal claims another victim

ANOTHER body has been pulled out of the Regent's Canal, this time by York Way bridge in King's Cross.
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Published: 04 July 2009

Council will not allow fence

THOUGH British Waterways gave permission for a home owner to erect a fence at the bottom of the garden, it must now be removed.

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Published: 04 July 2009

Two strikes and you're out!

SUCH is the anti-social behaviour at a British Waterways marina, that the manager has had to introduce a 'two strikes and you're out' regime to attempt to quell it.

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Published: 03 July 2009

Campaign to open duplicated locks

THE Stoke-on Trent Branch of the Inland Waterways Association and the Trent & Mersey Canal Society have launched a campaign to reopen the disused locks on Heartbreak Hill.

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Published: 03 July 2009

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