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And another sunk?

OWING to the new descriptions regarding stoppages, is there another boat sunk in a lock?

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Published: 27 April 2016

Anothe boat sinks in lock

YOU can always tell when the boating season starts—by the increase in the number of boats sinking in locks.

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Published: 27 April 2016

Police officer dived in

ONE police officer at least jumped into a waterway without first undertaking a 'dynamic risk assessment' with his superiors, so saving a man's life.

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Published: 27 April 2016

Droitwich Show

ANOTHER show over the Bank Holiday weekend will be at Droitwich in Vines Park by the Droitwich Canal.

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Published: 27 April 2016

Police were right not to save teenager

A TEENAGER drowned in the Lea Navigation (Drowning teenager was not helped) after the police refused to enter the water to rescue him.

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Published: 25 April 2016

We don't want a canal!

IN A blow to those who want the Grand Union Canal restored into Daventry, protesters against it marched through Daventry to show their opposition to plans to extend the waterway into the town.

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Published: 25 April 2016

Will the government see through the 'Bargees' demands?

WITH heart-rendering stories of woman and children being made homeless and great hardships being suffered by the members of the Bargee Travellers Association on the Kennet & Avon Canal will the government see through its demands?

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Published: 25 April 2016

K&A boats targeted by burglars

NARROWBOATS on the Kennet & Avon Canal are being targeted by burglars at the rate of one a day.

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Published: 25 April 2016

Marina homes are not 'vessels'

IN A blow to the Environment Agency a judge has ruled that engine-less homes moored at Hartford Marina in Huntingdon are not vessels and are therefore exempt from the Agency's £430 annual river tax.

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Published: 22 April 2016

Basingstoke Canal anniversary

A FESTIVAL is being organised during August to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Basingstoke Canal Society.

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Published: 22 April 2016

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