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Canal buildings restored

MANY canal buildings along the Scottish waterways have suffered years of neglect, but many are soon to be restored under the Heritage Strategy being drafted by Scottish Canals

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Published: 23 February 2013

Money for towpath

MONEY is being spent to upgrade the towpath of the Chesterfield Canal through Worksop.

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Published: 23 February 2013

Trust requests HS2 meeting

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has requested a meeting with HS2 rail officials on its impact on the canal restoration.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Residents against new marina

THE local residents at Hawkesbury on the Coventry Canal are angered at the revised plans for a new marina.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Problems removing crane

IT WAS very easy for the crane to topple into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Apperley, but it seems a much greater problem getting it out.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Intrusive behaviour

Mike Todd wrote a while back on narrowboatworld about the use of spying and advising Neighbourhood Watch schemes—see www.narrowboatworld/5289 writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Boats upsetting birds

CANAL & RIVER TRUST is so worried about passing boats upsetting the nests of water birds on Limehouse Cut that money is being spent on installing over 100 yards of reed beds.

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Published: 22 February 2013

CaRT wants same protection as NT

Canal & River Trust wants the same protection to be given to its canals and rivers as that afforded by the Government to the National Trust.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Crocodile in Thames?

FOR THE second time there have been reports of a crocodile in the Thames near Caversham Bridge.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Highlighting the waterways

NO IT'S not Canal & River Trust highlighting its waterways, but a team of five paddle-boarders who are tackling the length of the Severn to get the public's interest.

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Published: 21 February 2013

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