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Coronation Street waterway problems

THE makers of ITV's Coronation Street are concerned that filming at its new studios that have been built near Salford Quays, could be interrupted by the noise from the nearby waterway.

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Published: 09 March 2011

Daventry Canal again

STILL another attempt is being made to build a canal into Daventry, with an application for planning permission to be submitted later this month.

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Published: 09 March 2011

British Waterways the best name

BRITISH Waterways followed by British Waterways Trust had the greatest appeal as a name change for the new charitable status we are told.

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Published: 07 March 2011

More body parts expected

THE police have intimated that in addition to the human leg found in the Louth Canal, more parts are expected to be discovered.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Memories of Bingley Five Rise wanted

BRITISH Waterways is asking for people with old photographs of Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, that they may have stored away, to share them.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Massive load by water

THE Ribble was used on Sunday to deliver a 270 tonnes transformer section to an electricity sub station.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Human leg in lock

A HUMAN leg has been discovered in Tetney Lock on the Louth Canal, near to where it meets the Humber Estuary.

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Published: 07 March 2011

Further Wilts & Berks Canal opens

ANOTHER stretch of the Wilts and Berks Canal has been completed, with a trip boat planned.

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Published: 04 March 2011

Man dies after boat leap

IT WAS all good fun for the men, leaping off the wall onto a narrowboat in the Albert Dock in Liverpool, but one missed, and is now dead.

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Published: 04 March 2011

Barn owls for Huddersfield Narrow Canal

NEW barn owl nest boxes have been installed today (Thursday) at Tunnel End Reservoir next to Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in a bid to help the plight of this threatened bird and help them flourish in some canal side homes.

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Published: 03 March 2011

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