THE Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust has been awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the highest
award that can be given to a local volunteer group in the UK to recognise outstanding work done in its communities.
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IN ADDITION to the usual sailing and power boats etc usually associated with boat shows, the boat show in Liverpool will feature narrowboats from a number of companies.
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ASKING boaters to report leaks to Canal & River Trust, it was told by our Keith Gudgin that the Wigan Flight, with its locks then chained up, were virtually all leaking, and today (Wednesday) the situation is worse.
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TWO thieves on a motorbike being chased by the police took to a canal towpath to attempt to evade arrest but careered into the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
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A BODY was discovered in the Thames at Shepperton yesterday (Tuesday) with the police arresting a man on suspicion of murder.
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THE Canal & River Trust is going all out to welcome canoeists to the waterway tunnels, and have solved the problem of the danger of mixing canoeist with narrowboats by closing the tunnels for narrowboats whilst the canoeists are inside.
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THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal was closed at Barnoldswick on Saturday evening after a military object was discovered by the towpath.
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IT WAS last year that 47 years old Scott Eccles and his dad 71 years old Tom walked across Scotland to raise funds for charity, and this month they will be cycling the Leeds & Liverpool towpath for the same charity.
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I WAS absolutely aghast that the decision had been made to officially allow canoeists in Foulridge Tunnel, a tunnel we use fairly often with our narrowboat, writes Pauline Wragg.
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NEVER mind Lycra louts on bicycles, if anyone comes across this idiot on a scooter, please call 101 and notify the Warwickshire Police, writes Kevin McNiff.
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