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How stupid can they get?

DURING the cold spell earlier this year a motorist purposely drove his car on the ice covered Union Canal until it broke the ice and sank.

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Published: 27 September 2010

Blue-green algæ at Hatton

THE dangerous blue-green algæ is at present prominent at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal, and it should be avoided at all costs.

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Published: 27 September 2010

Dog attack on towpath

A 76 YEARS old woman suffered deep distress after her pet Cairn terrier Daisy had her stomach ripped open by a mastiff on the Kennet & Avon towpath at Wooton Rivers.

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Published: 27 September 2010

A little late...

The work of the  volunteers who cleared out a Black Country canal in 1970 was celebrated over the weekend—40 years later!

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Published: 27 September 2010

Celebration for Stenson bridge

A LOCAL group is to celebrate the opening of the bridge at Stenson over the Trent & Mersey Canal that was repaired in February.

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Published: 27 September 2010

The Quango bonfire

THE leaking of a Cabinet Office document to the Daily Telegraph includes British Waterways as a quango to be abolished, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 September 2010

British Waterways to be abolished

A LEAKED  Cabinet Office document published by the Daily Telegraph has revealed that British Waterways is indeed on the list of  public bodies, known as quangos, that will be abolished by the new government.

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Published: 24 September 2010

Cargo for the Chesterfield Canal

CARGO carrying has returned to the Chesterfield Canal, brought about as the best way to move fencing panels for the Chesterfield Canal Trust.

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Published: 24 September 2010

Canal Trust made huge losses

THE Kennet & Avon Canal Trust has made 'huge financial losses' for the past five years.

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Published: 24 September 2010

Towpath cyclist had heart attack

THE man who fell off his cycle into the Kennet & Avon Canal near Avoncliff died of a heart attack after heavy drinking

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Published: 24 September 2010

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