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Lancaster canalside scheme refused

THE Communities Secretary, John Denham, has refused planning consent for a £150m mixed use development by the side of the  Lancaster Canal  in the city.

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Published: 31 December 2009

Funding for canalside development

FUNDING of £6 millions has been secured for Stoke's City Waterside development by the Trent & Mersey Canal in the city.

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Published: 31 December 2009

Waterside pubs

AS ONE of the founders of the waterways based Mikron Theatre Company, author Mike Lucas was ideally placed to write a book on waterside pubs.

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Published: 31 December 2009

Anglers don't want canal restored

PLANS to restore Ireland's Lagan Canal to navigation could be stopped by wildlife people and anglers as they say it would threaten key wildlife species that now thrive in the waterway.

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Published: 31 December 2009

Fund winner choses K&A

TERRY KEMP, long standing worker on the Kennet & Avon Canal, has won £2,500 from a volunteering programme, and is using it to further the waterway.

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Published: 31 December 2009

Boater dies under ice

A BOATER lost his life when he fell from his narrowboat on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and was lost under the ice.

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Published: 23 December 2009

Battle for Manns Bridge

THERE is a fight raging to get the Minister of Transport to stop the building of the new road at Mann's Bridge on  its present route over the Grantham, that does not allow access for navigation.

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Published: 23 December 2009

200th birthday celebrations

A MASSIVE street party is being organised next year to celebrate the 200th birthday of the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Published: 23 December 2009

Trust's 1,000th member

IT WAS sponsor Geoff Lennox who becomes the Chesterfield Canal Trusts' 1,000th member, donated £5,000 on behalf of Smart Teachers to sponsor the Trust's new Learning Boat Project.

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Published: 23 December 2009

Clearing Severn rubbish

THE rubbish that piled up around the arches of the Severn Bridge at Worcester is being cleared to allow better passage.

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Published: 23 December 2009

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