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Boater causes Henley chaos

A BOATER hit Henley Bridge on the Thames with his large cruiser  Crazy Love causing complete chaos in the town on a Saturday afternoon.

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Published: 13 September 2010

BW selling off its pubs

BRITISH Waterways has called time on its joint venture with pub chain giant Scottish & Newcastle with news that up to twenty pubs will be sold off, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 September 2010

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

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