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Jubilee cruise boat profiteering

THAMES boat operators are profiteering on the Queen's Jubilee Pageant cruise, 'contrary to the spirit of the event'.

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Published: 26 January 2012

Canal horse rescue

IT TOOK firefighters two hours to rescue a horse that had slipped into the Fens Branch of the Stourbridge Canal.

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Published: 26 January 2012

Council takes tree reponsibility

THOUGH part of a tree by the River Great Ouse in Bedford fell over the towpath and into the waterway, the local council has taken responsibility for it.

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Published: 26 January 2012

BW appoints a giving manager

BRITISH Waterways has now appointed a giving manager to the ranks of new people who will oversee fundraising when it becomes Canal & River Trust

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Published: 26 January 2012

Email: Hiring is not the way

I am afraid I cannot agree with David Pullen's email concerning British Waterways getting rid of its tools and hiring them instead, but agree wholeheartedly with Pam Pickett that it is not the way to go.

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Published: 25 January 2012

Princess Royal to open Cotswold lock

H.R.H. The Princess Royal is to visit the Cotswold Canals restoration project next month and open a lock.

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Published: 25 January 2012

Email: Tree management

Perhaps it is time for some concerted action to promote the idea I floated a  few months back.

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Published: 25 January 2012

River Great Ouse flasher

THE River Great Ouse Flasher has still not been caught after two months of exposing himself along its banks at Bedford.

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Published: 25 January 2012

Narrowboats at the jubilee celebration

THERE will be 40 narrowboats taking part in the Queen's Jubilee Celebration flotilla on the Thames, though these will be from various organisations.

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Published: 23 January 2012

Drunk stuck in waterway

IT WAS the fire brigade that had to rescue a man who had fallen into the Calder & Hebble at Sowerby Bridge.

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Published: 23 January 2012

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