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Rethink on 'eyesore' pontoons

WITH complaints about the 'eyesore' pontoons and steel piles along Castle Mill Stream in Oxford, British Waterways is re-thinking its £90,000 scheme.

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Published: 22 November 2010

BW maintenance spend plummets

A RECENT press release from BW claims that this winter our waterways will benefit from 'a £50m vital makeover of dozens of historic locks, bridges and aqueducts, as well as the hanging of over 100 handcrafted oak lock gates', writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 19 November 2010

Harry gets his gong

LIFELONG waterways enthusiast, photographer and author Harry Arnold was presented with his MBE this month by the Queen.

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Published: 19 November 2010

One rescued but one not

ONE DOG was lucky in that he was rescued from a canal, but another was not, and was found dead.

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Published: 19 November 2010

Barton Marina closed-off

BARTON Marina on the Trent & Mersey canal is closed-off whilst work on the bywash around Barton Lock takes place.

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Published: 17 November 2010

Scottish canals could be cruising waterways

TWO Scottish canals could become cruising waterways should ministers be successful in their application.

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Published: 17 November 2010

Cromford wants £200,000 from council

FRIENDS of Cromford Canal have petitioned Derbyshire County Council to help with £200,000 for dredging a three quarter mile stretch of the waterway.

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Published: 15 November 2010

Boater dies at Nene bridge

A BOATER died on Saturday after his boat struck a bridge on the Nene.

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Published: 15 November 2010

Dead boater was drunk

A BOATER, nearly three times over the legal driving limit who had also been taking cannabis, fell from a balcony, and was killed.

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Published: 12 November 2010

Flasher back at Wordsley

A FLASHER exposed himself again at Wordsley by the Stourbridge Canal this week, leaving a schoolgirl distressed.

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Published: 12 November 2010

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