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Work boats for Cotswold Canals

TWO new work boats have been purchased to hold dredged material from the Cotswold Canals to help in its restoration.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Email: Closing Dublin Canals

I am amazed though not at all surprised that Waterways Ireland had closed down the canals in Dublin, it says owing to vandals.
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Published: 11 November 2016

New canalside facilities for Banbury

AS PART of the North Oxfordshire expansion which will provide new homes and associated facilities, Cherwell District Council is keen to incorporate the canal South of Banbury into its plans.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Narrowboats too cold for winter living

HAVING recently attended two live-aboard boaters suffering pneumonia, a doctor has approached narrowboatworld telling of her concerns at the conditions of people living in narrowboats in winter.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Man talked off bridge

A MAN was talked down off the Worcester bridge over the Severn yesterday, after threatening to jump.

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Published: 10 November 2016

Wey & Arun gets IWA donation

THE restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal has benefited from £1,000 donated by the Guildford and Reading branch of the Inland Waterways Association.

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Published: 10 November 2016

Marina chooses charity for 2017

CHURCH Minshull Aqueduct Marina on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal has chosen Muscular Dystrophy UK, 'Anne's Wish' as its charity for 2017.

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Published: 10 November 2016

David: Vegetation (again)

WALKING and cruising the canals recently I have noticed some evidence that CaRT are beginning to tackle some of the vegetation issues that have been annoying many of us for so long.
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Published: 10 November 2016

Email: Is K&A closure legal?

Presumably CaRT need a legally valid reason to close a navigation? Any closure should also be no longer than necessary.

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Published: 09 November 2016

Beating the floods

A HOUSE has been developed by the company Larkfleet that beats the floods by being able to rise on jacks.

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Published: 09 November 2016

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