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Work on the Cefn Flight

TWO locks on the derelict Cefn Flight of the Mon & Brec are being restored as part of a 'joint restoration and educational project'.

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Published: 18 June 2010

Take it easy

THE ongoing problem between speeding cyclists and other towpath users on the Regents Canal is being highlighted next week by British Waterways.

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Published: 17 June 2010

Creating habitats for birds

BRITISH Waterways has welcomed a share of a £10,000 grant from the Waterway Trust's Small Grants Scheme to support a number of important wildlife habitat improvements.

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Published: 17 June 2010

More bodies retrieved

THE body of a man, believed to be that  of a missing horse racing commentator has been found in the Aire in Leeds.

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Published: 16 June 2010

BW online moorings in freefall

EMPTY berths in marinas are now a fact of life, writes Allan Richards, and has now extended to British Waterways online moorings.

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Published: 16 June 2010

Lack of understanding

WELCOMING British Waterways 1% licence fee increase, the result of consultation with the National Association of Boat Owners, it's Chairman, David Fletcher, still despairs of the lack of understanding by BW.

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Published: 16 June 2010

The residents of Deptmore Lock cottage

IN ANSWER to the enquiry from our correspondent Carmen Smith (Kara Sea),  about the residents of Deptmore Lock cottage, Evelyn Booth (Rome) writes:

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Published: 16 June 2010

Towpath knife attack on jogger

A MAN jogging on the Grand Union Canal towpath at Berkhamsted was stopped by a thief and robbed at knife point.

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Published: 14 June 2010

Made it to the tunnel

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust's Learning Boat, Python, made it right to the entrance of the disused Norwood Tunnel last Friday (13th June).

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Published: 14 June 2010

No good for boaters

BRITISH Waterways spent thousands on re building the moorings here at Marple, with contractors working away for ages, and now the moorings look great, writes Graham Lambden.

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Published: 14 June 2010

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