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Waterways Ireland at the show

WATERWAY Ireland is exhibiting at Birmingham's Boat & Caravan Show for the first time.

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Published: 18 February 2011

Historic tug revisits Essex Wharf

THE well-known historic 42ft dock tug Major revisited Essex Wharf at Lea Bridge at the weekend, on a nostalgic trip up the Lee Navigation.

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Published: 17 February 2011

Banned from cleaning off graffiti

THE Best Kept Village Committee at Wombourne on the Staffs & Worcs Canal has been stopped from cleaning the graffiti off its canal bridges by British Waterways.

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Published: 17 February 2011

Venetian Marina go antique

For those travelling the Middlewich Branch of the Shroppie, there are some changes at Venetian Marina that boaters might like to be aware of, Dave King writes.

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Published: 17 February 2011

Narrowboat arsonist on trial

KATHLEEN Smith poured petrol over her ex-lover's narrowboat as he slept inside, then set it alight a jury was told.

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Published: 17 February 2011

Bingley Five Rise gets cash

BRITISH Waterways has awarded £50,000 to prepare a plan to encourage visitors to Bingley Five Rise.

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Published: 17 February 2011

British Waterways investment fails

IT SEEMS that British Waterways has made yet another bad investment, this time of £500,000 in the Liverpool Boat Show, as the organisers have called in the administrators.

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Published: 17 February 2011

Cadbury help restore chocolate boat

A DONATION from chocolate company Cadbury is helping to restore a traditional narrowboat that once carried chocolate.

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Published: 16 February 2011

Floating homes by the Thames

CRAZY plans come and go, but the one by developer Hydro Properties will take some beating—homes built on floating pontoons by the Thames!

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Published: 16 February 2011

Money to waste?

THE shortage of cash for local councils does not seem to have affected Eton Town Council, who want to add an unnecessary arch to the existing Windsor Bridge over the Thames.

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Published: 16 February 2011

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