A GREAT deal of importance was set on the acceptance of plans for a development by the derelict Hereford & Gloucester Canal, to further the restoration, but it has been recommended for refusal.
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A BOATER, found to be unconscious in his narrowboat proved difficult to reach as his boat was drifting, and it needed a rescue boat to reach him.
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THE Bishop of Reading intended to use the Kennet & Avon Canal and the Thames for a river pilgrimage, but things are not going according to plan.
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A COUPLE on their narrowboat taking part in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames have become marooned on the Avon in flood.
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THERE was no boat gathering event on the Nene this week-end at Becket's Park in Northampton, as there was too much water.
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FOLLOWING my comment about the need for a coat of paint on Stretton Aqueduct I met Brian Holmes at Wheaton Aston, who informed me about it, writes David Hymers.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CART) has confirmed appointments of nine more people, this time as a new committee that will 'help to protect the heritage of the waterways'.
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THE proposed Chesterfield Waterside development has received a boost in the form of £2.4m funding from the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board.
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The point that seems to have been overlooked concerning the pump-out increase made by British Waterways.
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THE current draught restrictions affecting the more southern stretches of our waterways must seem like manna from heaven to the 'Guardians of OUR waterways', writes John Hall.
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