THERE are plans to erect another pair of Kelpies—the 30ft horse heads at the Falkirk Wheel—on a proposed lift bridge at Grangemouth, but there is opposition to the development.
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THE Heritage Lottery Fund has been proved wrong in its assumption that the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal did not hold much heritage value or public support.
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A WOMAN has been discovered dead in the Bridgewater Canal near Lymm, with her cycle nearby.
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THE Whitchurch Waterway Trust have put forward proposals to extend the arm into the town to create a new basin with moorings.
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THE police have warned boat owners on the Driffield Canal to be wary of an organised gang of thieves targeting boats on the waterway.
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BRITISH Waterways is inviting members of the public to a special open weekend at Diglis Locks on the Severn to see first-hand what it takes to keep the waterways working.
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THERE were problems removing the sunken narrowboat from Kentish Town Lock at Camden, that had caught on the cill, causing the Regent's Canal to be closed for two days.
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I wonder if Geoff Smith gets out much on his narrowboat? If he does, he must have realised by now that the boating community contains the widest possible range of people who generally have only one thing in common, their enjoyment of the waterways.
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THE Chasewater Reservoir that feeds the Birmingham Canal Navigations will still not be repaired for next year's boating season, and not until Spring of 2013.
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THE boss of Pennine Boat Trips at Skipton on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal wants fly tippers to stop dumping their rubbish in the waterway.
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