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Anderton Boat Lift opens

THE Anderton Boat Lift connecting the Trent & Mersey Canal with the Weaver will start its visitor season shortly.

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Published: 11 March 2011

A bit of bribery

SCHOOL children picking litter from their estate in Swinton, were rewarded by a trip on a narrowboat and goodies for their efforts.

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Published: 11 March 2011

Dredging tested after swan deaths

TEN swans  have died, and others are 'dangerously ill' on a canal, within ten days after it had been dredged.

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Published: 11 March 2011

Another lorry stuck at Nantwich

IT HAPPENS all too regularly—lorries getting stuck under a canal bridge on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 11 March 2011

Six charged over body parts

THOUGH police are still searching for remaining body parts concerning the human leg that was found, six men have been charged.

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Published: 10 March 2011

Thames World Pooh Sticks

THE World Pooh Sticks Championship is scheduled once again to take place on the Thames, with the organisers hoping for better conditions.

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Published: 10 March 2011

Coventry Canal thefts

IT SEEMS unbelievable why thieves should want high voltage warning signs, but these are being stolen from the Coventry Canal.

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Published: 10 March 2011

What hope for British Waterways?

British Waterways has given a glowing report of the Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum on the Grand Union Canal on its website.

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Published: 09 March 2011

MP visits National Waterways Museum

THE MP for Wirral South, Alison McGovern, having an interest both in young trainees and in heritage, visited the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port last week.

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Published: 09 March 2011

Comment—Too many marinas

IT WAS way back in 2004 that, with a boom in boat building, the shortage of marina berths was critical, with not a single marina berth constructed during that year.

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Published: 09 March 2011

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