THE National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port, in partnership with National Historic Ships, has received £110,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund's ‘Skills for the Future' programme to help expand its successful Heritage Boatyard operation.
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A NARROWBOAT has sunk at Aspley Basin Quay on the Grand Union Canal spilling a huge quantity of diesel into the waterway.
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THOUGH people at Droitwich are complaining that the restoration of the Barge Canal has come to a stop, British Waterways has contacted the local newspaper and told that it was 'on the verge of complete restoration'.
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COMMUNITIES and visitors are being invited to see first hand how a partnership between British Waterways and Mother Nature is flourishing along the Barge Canal in Droitwich, a spokesman tells us.
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THERE have been more complaints against the rowers on the Cam in Cambridge about speeding.
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A BOATER was found unconscious in Bristol and rushed to hospital, where he later died.
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CAMPAIGNERS are on the warpath against speeding cyclists on the Regents Canal towpath again—this time for killing wildlife.
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THE latest of the Nene locks to be refurbished is the Dog in a Doublet Lock near Peterborough.
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THE man suspected of the break-ins and thefts from boats on the Wey, who was apprehended, has now been charged.
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A COUNCIL has decided that the residents of two narrowboats are not allowed to live on their boats without planning permission, and have served eviction notices on them both.
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