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More Caen Hill fish go

ONCE again fish have been removed from Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes as they are eating damsel flies and aquatic plants.

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Published: 06 April 2011

Adjacent landowners responsibility

I would like to see if there is support by your readers for a campaign to include in the forthcoming legislation re-structuring British Waterways a requirement on adjacent landowners to keep the navigation and towpath clear of vegetation—or indeed anything else, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 06 April 2011

Money for rowing club

THE Waterways Trust has given a grant—its second—to a Thames rowing club.

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Published: 06 April 2011

BW came out worse in cancellation

IT HAS just been confirmed that British Waterways came out worse when the Liverpool Boat Show was cancelled, paying much more than Liverpool City Council.

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Published: 04 April 2011

Breakthrough for NABO

IT WAS the narrowboatworld article, Ultra Vires, some three months ago that alerted the public to the significance of the British Waterways vs Davies case (a continuous cruiser that moved very little).

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Published: 04 April 2011

Another marina for Ashby Canal

AT THE third attempt plans have been passed for a new marina at Market Bosworth on the Ashby Canal.

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Published: 01 April 2011

Dumping the waterways

IN AN amusing Freudian slip, the consultation document, A New Era for the Waterways is stored on the web as a file named 110330-waterways-condoc.

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Published: 01 April 2011

In danger of neglect and decay

ENGLISH Heritage is embarking on a project to find out how much of the country's industrial heritage is in danger of neglect, decay, and to raise the debate about what needs saving and how.

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Published: 01 April 2011

More volunteers wanted

IT SEEMS everyone is seeking volunteers, with now the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust appealing for volunteers to help crew and maintain its narrowboat, Kenavon Venture.

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Published: 01 April 2011

Rochdale Canal floods

A ROAD and car park were flooded yesterday (Wednesday) after suspected vandals opened all the paddles on a lock gate on the Rochdale Canal.

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Published: 31 March 2011

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