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More canals for anglers

PREVIOUSLY  unlicenced sections of the canal network have been made available to anglers by British Waterways.

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Published: 15 April 2010

Cromford Canal—SSSI or what?

MY DAILY commute takes me alongside the formerly restored stretch of the Cromford Canal between Ambergate and Cromford, and for the past three or four weeks, extensive works have been going on involving heavy diggers and other machinery, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 14 April 2010

Money for Cromford

IT WAS the very well known actor Brian Blessed who accepted a cheque for £3,000 on behalf of Friends of Cromford Canal, towards its restoration.

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Published: 14 April 2010

All change—again

THE waterways museums at Gloucester and Stoke Bruerne are being re-named, which is to 'emphasise and strengthen their links with their local environment'.

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Published: 14 April 2010

New supermarket by the Staffs & Worcs

A NEW supermarket has just been opened  by the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Wombourne.

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Published: 14 April 2010

'Bodge job' getting worse

THE 'bodge job' on the towpath of the Grand Union in Loughborough that was featured in narrowboatworld earlier this month is getting more dangerous.

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Published: 12 April 2010

No U-boat

WOULD you believe that a World War Two U-boat managed to get to Devizes on the Kennet & Avon—negotiating all those locks?

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Published: 12 April 2010

Towpath killer gets life

A MAN who attacked a towpath walker after being refused a cigarette,  then battered him to death, has been given a life sentence.

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Published: 12 April 2010

New plans for Marsworth

AFTER the failure of former plans, British Waterways is holding a public exhibition on revised proposals to redevelop Marsworth Yard at the junction of the Grand Union Canal and Aylesbury Arm.

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Published: 09 April 2010

Mooring rings refurbished

The Shropshire  Union Canal Society 'Minor Tasks Team' have refurbished the visitor moorings at Christleton.

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Published: 09 April 2010

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