THE Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) have launched an urgent appeal for £50,000 to help save the water vole together with yellowhammers and red helleborines, a rare woodland orchid.
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BELIEVED to be under the influence of alcohol, five men jumped into a lock on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester, with two unable to climb the ladder to get out.
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JUST wanting to put in a positive word for the National Trust, who are the navigation authority for the Wey & Godalming Navigations, writes David Davis.
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DURING the Christmas period the Chesterfield Canal Trust is running Santa Special cruises on four boats from five different venues.
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THE refurbishment of the Boatyard Inn at Riley Green on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to include a microbrewery.
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IT TOOK four years and thousands of pounds for Canal & River Trust to eventually admit it had lost the claim by a boater whose boat was hung-up in a lock causing it to sink.
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A WORKER at Aston Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal has been found dead on the towpath of the waterway at Meaford.
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THERE were scenes of anger at Little Venice on the Grand Union Canal when a film crew took the towpath over stopping residents and boaters alike.
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THE coroner's report into the death of narrowboater Allan Green whose boat was stuck in a lock gate is that it was an accident.
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We have lived on our boat for seven years yes it's cool at the back hot at the front but we have to have the windows open most of the time.
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