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Five narrowboats ransacked

THE Police have reported that five boats have been ransacked at their moorings on the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm.

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Published: 31 March 2011

More top jobs for BW

BRITISH Waterways may be in the middle of a redundancy programme which will see about 60 office based staff and up to 100 bank side staff made redundant but it appears that it is also recruiting.

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Published: 31 March 2011

BW pensions plans condemned

THE trade unions UNISON and UNITE are both calling on British Waterways to get back into talks over plans to cut its pension scheme for its workers.

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Published: 31 March 2011

Volunteer recognition award

VOLUNTEER awards are now coming thick and fast as British Waterways move towards its new charity status, with its dependence on volunteers.

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Published: 31 March 2011

Towpath attack

A TOWPATH attack, not by a canal but the River Great Ouse at Bedford, when three Asian youths attacked two men walking by the river.

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Published: 31 March 2011

Trust wants its own boat

AN APPEAL for sponsorship has been launched across the Bedford & Milton Keynes Trust membership, community groups, schools, colleges and local businesses seeking support for the Trust's latest venture—the Bedford Community Boat.

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Published: 31 March 2011

BW welcomes consultation

BRITISH Waterways has stated it welcomes the start of the three months Government consultation into the future of inland waterways in England and Wales.

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Published: 30 March 2011

Waterways champion for London Mayor?

THE news that Assembly Member Jenny Jones of the Green Party will stand against Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone in next year's Mayoral election in London should please all who use the city's waterways.

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Published: 30 March 2011

Abandoned boats for sale

BRISTOL Docks is a favourite place for people to abandon their boats, so Bristol City Council is putting them up for sale.

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Published: 30 March 2011

Clean-up 'treasure'

A GROUP of volunteers from the Chesterfield Canal Trust and Retford Civic Society, pulled out a wide variety of 'treasure' from the Chesterfield Canal in Retford.

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Published: 30 March 2011

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