SUCH was the respect a popular boater had amongst his compatriots and relations, that in a bizarre ceremony, they remembered him as did the Vikings by setting fire to his boat whilst still on the waterway.
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A set of keys were handed into our bar today (Saturday) at lunch time. They were found on the towpath at Oxley and a good citizen passed them to us to try and locate the owner, writes Orph Mable.
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THE Environment Agency (EA) has announced that its boat registration charge increase for 2014/15 will be 4.8%.
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EACH year Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina raises money for charity through a series of events held in the marina café and surrounding reception area, Chris Owen-Roberts tells us
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THE police have reported finding a woman's body, believed to be that of missing Elizabeth Kinston, but not in any waterway as was first feared.
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TODAY Canal & River Trust engineers are using high pressure jets to clear the fallen debris from the collapsed culvert on the Shropshire Union Canal, but cannot give a reopening date until there is a plan for repair.
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WORK started in early November to replace the bottom gates of Tyrley Top Lock, on the Shropshire Union Canal, Richard Hall writes and illustrates.
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THERE is little doubt that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is making use of its winter works to get the public interested in its waterways by opening drained locks for inspection.
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CHARITY Commission Chairman William Shawcross has questioned whether high salaries were 'fair' to donors and taxpayers of charities, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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