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Couple's Golden Gift to canal

MARGARET and Brian Limb of Old Whittington, Chesterfield, wanted a special way to mark their Golden Wedding Anniversary, and both being members of the Chesterfield Canal Trust they discovered it.

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Published: 20 October 2010

That U boat

THE photograph of the U boat caused quite a bit of interest, and it is actually fitted-out as a U boat as the following picture shows.

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Published: 20 October 2010

Hire Boat company bucks the trend

ANGLO-WELSH is obviously not suffering from the financial downturn, as it has 15 new boats on order over the next four years.

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Published: 20 October 2010

Open letter from Tony Hales

BRITISH Waterways Chairman, Tony Hales has produced an 'open letter' concerning the future of the waterways, which we publish in full:

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Published: 20 October 2010

Success with signs

WOKING Borough Council recently erected signs concerning  'Cycle Woking'  on the Basingstoke Canal, with people complaining how awful they were, as was reported in NbW.

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Published: 20 October 2010

Man thrown into canal

A MAN was attacked on the towpath of the Rochdale Canal on Sunday (17th October) and thrown into the waterway.

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Published: 20 October 2010

Report reveals bleak outlook for the waterways

AFTER a two year study, the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) has identified 'serious flaws' in the organisation and funding of the inland waterways of England and Wales, believing the outcome to be bleak.

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Published: 02 October 2010

"Dive, dive, dive!"

BELIEVE it or not it's a narrowboat, pictured by John Whitehead near Botany Bay on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Dangerous liaisons

IN RESPONSE to the words of Michael Shefras I cannot believe that anyone could even begin to think of combining the Environment Agency with British Waterways, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 01 October 2010

Boaters' alarming incident

IT IS not only carbon monoxide that sets off that alarm but hydrogen too, as two boaters found out.

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Published: 01 October 2010

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Latest

  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly

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