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More money wasted

MORE money has been wasted on the  £200,000 British Waterways' Regent's Ramp designed for separating speeding cyclists from pedestrians.

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Published: 13 September 2010

The Braunston boggart

EVERY tunnel on our inland waterways is haunted and has its ghost or boggart, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 12 September 2010

It's started—volunteers to take the jobs

BRITISH Waterways are advertising for a person to take charge of the redundancies to its staff.

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Published: 10 September 2010

Farmers complaining of canal leaks

FARMERS are suffering from leaks in a canal and complaining that British Waterways are doing nothing—it's the Leeds & Liverpool of course.

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Published: 10 September 2010

Liveaboard public enquiry starts

THE public inquiry concerning the legality of liveaboards on the Driffield Canal has started.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Pontcysyllte death

A TEENAGER has jumped from the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal and plunged to her death.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Thugs drain canal after being refused cash

CRUISING on the waterways reached a new low last week as a gang of yobs demanded cash from two boaters, and then drained the canal to stop them moving when it was refused!

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Published: 09 September 2010

One in five berths empty at BWML

FIGURES published in British Waterway Marinas Limited (BWML) annual report indicate that mooring occupancy has fallen, over the last two years, from 90% to 81%. In other words one BWML berth in five lies empty, double the number two years ago. writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 09 September 2010

BW giving away Standedge Tunnel

NOT the whole of it!—just 100 special pieces of tunnel rock, to encourage visitors to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal attraction.

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Published: 08 September 2010

Painting to raise funds

A LIMITED edition of prints of the painting Last Traffic on the Trent & Mersey by Dusty Miller are being offered to raise funds for a heritage boat restoration.

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Published: 08 September 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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