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Seven hours battle with cows

IT TOOK firefighters seven hours to get two cows out of the Severn after they had fallen into the water.

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Published: 28 September 2011

Mr Asbo is back!

OH DEAR! The infamous swan, named Mr Asbo is back on the Cam in Cambridge, once again taking up battle with the rowers.

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Published: 28 September 2011

Email: doesn't freeze

Further to Ralph's comments about the water supply to the Staffs & Worcs, there is also a discharge on the Shroppie, adjacent to the water point at Autherley Junction.

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Published: 28 September 2011

Thinning-out now

I've just boated from Marston Doles to Fenny Compton on the way back to my long term mooring at Lower Heyford and it was just like being back in the 80's with hardly anyone else about, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 28 September 2011

Taking interest in boat dwellers

THE Salvation Army has taken interest in the 'continuous moorers' and others along the Grand Union Canal around Rickmansworth and Kings Langley.

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Published: 26 September 2011

Want your votes

A PLAN to help young people in Ellesmere Port develop new skills and interests has been selected by the NatWest Community Force Scheme to face a public vote.

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Published: 26 September 2011

Email: Boaters' wash

Given Pam's recent comment about a boater's wash, I thought I might mention the obvious and state that breaking waves generally occur due to shallowing water.

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Published: 26 September 2011

Make your own fenders

HERE'S a chance for boaters to save themselves money, by learning how to make their own boat fenders.

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Published: 26 September 2011

More Regent's cyclists complaints

PARENTS, children and pupils from a school have put more pressure on British Waterways to do something about the increasing number and speed of cyclists on the Regent's Canal towpath.

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Published: 26 September 2011

Posters by the Avon

POSTERS have now been put up in Bath warning of the dangers of walking by the river.

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Published: 26 September 2011

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