THOUGH British Waterways have promised to raise the dangerous steel beam at Falling Sands Lock on the Staffs & Worcs Canal, boaters are still complaining of its danger.
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THOUGH many non-boating bodies will benefit, and will be celebrating the move from British Waterways to Canal & River Trust (CART), the people who use the waterways and who pay for them—the boaters—will most certainly not, but will instead witness a constant deterioration, as Allan Richards explains:
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A COMPANY has updated its wireless operated system that not only detects a boat being broken into but can send a 10 second video clip of the thief to the owner's mobile!
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A HIRE boat crew member, hanging onto the side of the boat on the gunwale, had his chest crushed as he was trapped between the steel hull and the bridge.
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MANY decorated historic canal narrowboats are arriving at the junction of the Trent & Mersey Canal for the Etruria Jubilee Canals Festival.
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CHESTERFIELD Canal Festival this year will be held at the new Staveley Town Basin, with the Chesterfield Canal Trust running all three of its trip boats along the restored waterway.
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AN INQUEST has heard how a teenager, trying impress his girl friend attempted to jump across a narrow lock, but fell in and drowned, with the girl friend also drowning.
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TWO people have been arrested by Cheshire Police after starting a fire on a narrowboat moored on the the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm.
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THE Federation of Bridgewater Cruising Clubs picked a great weekend on the 26th & 27th May to hold their annual get-together.
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