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A Waterway for All

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust styles itself as A Waterway for All, so it was determined to make this year's Festival a success for everybody.

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Published: 04 July 2013

Hoping for better festival

AFTER being virtually rained-off last year, the organisers of Evesham River Festival are hoping for better luck this year.

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Published: 04 July 2013

The seal must go

NOW a visitor attraction, named Keith, the seal that has made its home in the Severn, feeding on its fish, has anglers up in arms, wanting it gone.

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Published: 04 July 2013

No Middlewich regeneration

THERE was hope that the Town Wharf regeneration in Middlewich would get a grant from Cheshire East Council so it could be started, but it has been refused.

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Published: 04 July 2013

Woman assaulted on Staffs & Worcs towpath

A WOMAN who uses the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs Canal around Kidderminster has been sexually assaulted whilst out jogging on her own.

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Published: 04 July 2013

EU targets boaters again

THE European Union is again attempting to enforce regulations upon boaters in the use of diesel in boats, and Sam Bennett writes:

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Published: 04 July 2013

No EA navigations for CaRT

THIS morning (3rd July) Defra  announced the postponement of the project for the transfer of the Environment Agency river navigations to the Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 03 July 2013

David: Mystery of the vanishing lock keeper

WE CAME down the Thames from Teddington to Brentford, having phoned Brentford to say we were coming. When we arrived, no sign of a lock keeper or any other activity.

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Published: 03 July 2013

Sail-thru chippy

THE proposed McDonald's by the side of the Stratford Canal in Stratford-on-Avon will have to work hard to keep up with McMonagle's at Clydebank, Richard Davies tells us.

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Published: 03 July 2013

Happy birthday CaRT!

TO CELEBRATE its first birthday on 2nd July, Canal & River Trust is recycling its appeal to adopt a stretch of canal, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 03 July 2013

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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
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