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Engineering volunteers wanted

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help with the repair and design of  the structures on the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 08 June 2011

Email: If hire boaters can...

If hire boaters can do it, why can't the rest do it? I have noticed hire boaters are the most considerate when passing moored boats.

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Published: 08 June 2011

Money for Iron Trunk Aqueduct

THE Iron Trunk Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal at Cosgrove has been short listed for an £60,000 award from People's Millions.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Longer hours of power at Thames locks

THE Environment Agency is testing the implications of extending the hours of public power at many of its powered locks on the Thames.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Massive development for Ashton Canal

A MASSIVE development of over 4,000 homes is planned for the Ashton Canal between the Manchester Sports Stadium and the city.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Lock gates for Glastonbury

ONCE again British Waterways have donated old lock gates to Glastonbury, this time from the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and transported them a short distance to their new home at the Glastonbury Festival.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Killer dog owner fined

A DOG owner whose cross boxer mastiff attacked other dogs around the area of Burbage Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal has been caught and fined, to the amount of £1,770.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Contrasting events at museum

TWO very different events will be taking place at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port in June—attracting very different types of audiences.

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Published: 06 June 2011

Four dead at canal bridge crash

FOUR people were killed in a head-on car crash at Greets Green Bridge over the Walsall Canal at West Bromwich in the early hours of yesterday morning. (Sunday.)

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Published: 06 June 2011

Marooned as bridge failed

THE adage 'keep it simple' should have been used on the  new £11  millions fancy bridge at Salford Quays in Manchester, as it continues to fail.

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Published: 06 June 2011

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