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Swans shot at Windsor

DURING the past few days 'snipers' have been using swans on the Thames at Windsor as target practice shooting them in the head and neck.
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Published: 02 February 2017

Sunken boat at lock

BOATERS are asked to be aware of a sunken boat at Sir Frank Price Lock on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations.

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Published: 02 February 2017

Peacocks don't swim

AN UNLUCKY  peacock discovered that it could not swim when it landed in the Stratford-on-Avon Canal near the city.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Less income for CaRT

THERE are two massive billboards by the Stratford-on-Avon Canal in the city that earn Canal & River Trust money, but being described as 'clutter', they are to go.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Towpath a no-go area

I EXPECT many saw your picture of the Grand Union Canal through Acocks Green in Birmingham and noticed all those visitors [on the towpath] that Canal & River Trust go on about, writes Melody Simms.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Massive work on the Montgomery

VOLUNTEERS of the Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) will be returning to the Montgomery Canal for more work on the restoration of the canal in Pant this week-end in one of its biggest work parties to date.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Fracking could affect canal restoration

THE restoration of the Chesterfield Canal could be affected by fracking—the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Ineffective water filters

IF YOU might have purchased a full water filtration system or replacement cartridges for an existing filtration system from PureWaterOnline Ltd. prior to December 2016 you need to be aware of the following, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 01 February 2017

Blocking Paddington Basin

CRAZY ideas come, and thankfully go, with the latest to completely block Paddington Basin on the Regents Canal with a 'floating park'!

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Published: 30 January 2017

Money for canal restoration

THE Telford Support Group, part of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust, has been awarded £95,000 towards its Wappenshall Wharf project.

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Published: 30 January 2017

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