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A MANUFACTURER of door furniture has 'commissioned  a freight narrowboat' to transport goods from Wolverhampton to the Olympics site.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Fence to stop students falling in

ANOTHER waterway has had a fence to stop people falling into the water and drowning.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Events calendar

AS THE boating season gets under way, and boating organisations arrange their attractions, it is of course important to advertise them.

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Published: 21 March 2010

Narrowboat sinks on moorings

The other day I went for a wander around Fradley Junction, and above Shadehouse lock, at the far end of the 14 days moorings I came across something very sad, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 March 2010

Insurance scheme up and running

BOTH the IWA and Navigators & General have told us that the scheme to provide combined insurance with River Canal Rescue is up and running.

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Published: 19 March 2010

BW promise temporary water supply

WITH the collapse of the retaining wall by the water point at Fradley Junction, the supply had to be cordoned off, with no water available for boaters.

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Published: 19 March 2010

Keep away from Chasewater

AS THE rescue of fish is taking place from the draining Chasewater Reservoir, people are risking the mud to see what is happening, causing great concern.

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Published: 19 March 2010

Body found was missing student

THE police have confirmed that the body discovered in the Grand Union Canal in Leicester is indeed that of the missing student.

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Published: 19 March 2010

Authority to rethink charges

THE campaign led by actress Susan Penhaligon, who moors her boat on the  Thames, at Brentford, looks like getting the authority to rethink its increased mooring charges.

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Published: 18 March 2010

Replacing the graffiti

AS PART of the Towpath Tidy event, a mural was produced to replace the offending graffiti on a waterway bridge at Kirklees on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

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Published: 18 March 2010

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