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Will the government see through the 'Bargees' demands?

WITH heart-rendering stories of woman and children being made homeless and great hardships being suffered by the members of the Bargee Travellers Association on the Kennet & Avon Canal will the government see through its demands?

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Published: 25 April 2016

K&A boats targeted by burglars

NARROWBOATS on the Kennet & Avon Canal are being targeted by burglars at the rate of one a day.

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Published: 25 April 2016

Marina homes are not 'vessels'

IN A blow to the Environment Agency a judge has ruled that engine-less homes moored at Hartford Marina in Huntingdon are not vessels and are therefore exempt from the Agency's £430 annual river tax.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Basingstoke Canal anniversary

A FESTIVAL is being organised during August to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Basingstoke Canal Society.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Museum's 40th anniversary

THIS year marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port, and to commemorate this milestone the museum is hosting a weekend of celebratory activities on 2nd and 3rd of July.

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Published: 22 April 2016

The Fossdyke and Witham

JUST read the article by Terry Palmer about the Fossdyke and Witham and asking for information, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Safer on the rivers?

MY LAST year's cruise was spoilt by not one but two stoppages, that resulted in my crew leaving to get back and me being thrown in at the deep end as a single hander, that I was most certainly not happy about writes Terry Palmer.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Museum wants help

THE Craven Museum and Gallery in York is creating an exhibition celebrating 200 years of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, and is wanting artefacts. - and wants residents to be involved.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Work starts on Elland Bridge

WORK has now started on the re-building of Elland Bridge over the Calder & Hebble Navigation that was severely damaged in the Boxing Day floods.

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Published: 21 April 2016

Sheffield & Tinsley problems

THE Sheffield & Tinsley Canal that is closed owing to work on Lock No. 2 will not be open today (Thursday) as promised.

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Published: 21 April 2016

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