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Visitor numbers down

NOTWITHSTANDING the constant propaganda and money spent on promotion that visitor numbers to the waterways will double, the actual numbers have fallen during 2010.

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Published: 21 March 2011

Petition against licence increase

A PETITION has been started on the internet challenging British Waterways' drastic increases in short term boat licences.

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Published: 21 March 2011

British Waterways gets the boaters' view

BRITISH Waterways management, office and bank side staff saw the boaters' view of its waterways this week.
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Published: 19 March 2011

Email: Keeping the status quo

Someone recently asked if anyone had received a reply from their MP re Board salaries on transfer to Trust, or whatever.

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Published: 18 March 2011

Internet taking over

THE internet is taking over from the waterway magazines, as people prefer instant information rather than monthly, and the interest in boating is declining.

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Published: 18 March 2011

Purton Hulks again in danger

ONCE again the Purton Hulks are in danger, for Natural England, that is supposed to protect such things, has revealed that much of the hulks are not protected.

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Published: 18 March 2011

Another caught

ANOTHER boater has been caught by the Environmental Agency without a licence and taken to court, in addition to those already reported today.

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Published: 18 March 2011

Plans for Caldon Canal railway

MANY boaters will have seen, and no few experienced, the Churnet Valley Railway that runs alongside the Caldon Canal.
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Published: 18 March 2011

More unlicenced boaters fined

THE Environment Agency is continuing its purge to clear its waters of unlicenced boats, with more boaters taken to court.

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Published: 18 March 2011

Anglers upset by BW fish removal

ANGLERS in the Black Country are upset by British Waterways for netting stocks of fish from a canal to stock a reservoir.
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Published: 18 March 2011

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