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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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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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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H.R.H. The Princess Royal is to visit the Cotswold Canals restoration project next month and open a lock.
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Perhaps it is time for some concerted action to promote the idea I floated a few months back.
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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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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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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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HARD on the heels of the news of the narrowboat burnt out on the Macclesfield Canal comes news of another boat fire caused by a stove overheating.
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THE gang involved in the cutting-up of the body of Adam Vincent, and disposing of the parts in the waterways have been found guilty and are due for sentencing.
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