THE Hotel Boat section of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) has awarded their prestigious Lock Keeper of the Year award for 2011 to Bryn Jones, British Waterways' Lock Keper at Saltersford Locks on the Weaver, writes Harry Arnold.
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DESPITE claims that the newly formed Canal & Rivers Trust are expecting to hold their first meeting at the end of March 2012, they have not as yet, even applied to the Charities Commission, writes Peter Ponting.
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THERE is absolutely no need to worry about speeding boats in the future, the lack of dredging will slow everybody down, writes Adrian Fellows.
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BRITISH Waterways could be held in contempt of court for its continued stance in ignoring Freedom of Information requests, with the Information Commissioner now asked to serve decision notices in respect of five requests.
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THE Charities Commission have told a boater that British Waterways have not yet applied for charity status for Canal & River Trust.
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AS CAMBRIDGESHIRE and West Norfolk enter the seventh month of drought. The water level on the Middle Level has remained at summer levels, writes Kelvin Alexander-Duggan.
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INLAND Waterways Association (IWA) National Chairman, Clive Henderson's, entry into the world of social networking on British Waterways' Facebook group was rather unexpected, writes Allan Richards.
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BOATS moored on the Shropshire Union Canal at Audlem have had their windows broken by vandals.
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AS THE Old Trafford Football Stadium by the side of the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester will be used during the Olympic Games, the waterway will be closed.
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ICKLES Lock on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation had its new gates installed today, as part of the winter maintenance programme.
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