BRITISH Waterways uses a little known branch of mathematics usually attributed to a Roman mathematician Bigus Numero, writes Ralph Freeman.
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THE art competition organised by Mercia Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal has proved so popular that it is to be repeated next year.
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WITH most of the reservoirs now fairly full, it seems the continuing restrictions on the Oxford Canal can be blamed on badgers!
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Permission has been granted for the installation of a hydro power installation at Abingdon Lock on the Thames
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A MAN who broke into a narrowboat moored on the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for eight months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
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THE Irish canals—particularly the Royal Canal—have had the same problems of their English counterparts, suffering low levels caused by the combination of the drought and leaks.
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A TEENAGE boy, swimming in the Thames at Oxford drowned after getting into difficulties in the current.
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WITH many reports of drownings in the waterways, services around the country are taking the rescue of people seriously.
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A SMALL group of volunteers has been formed to carry out small works under the supervision of the British Waterways co-ordinator for the Wales and Border Counties area.
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IT WILL be a most unusual opening to the Stroud on Water Festival—the flypast of a World War II Spitfire.
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