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Lady of the Lock

MAUREEN Shaw, who sadly died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 17th March, in her mid 70's will be known to many boaters by name and thousands more as the 'Lady of the Lock' having lived in the Lock Keeper's Cottage on Wardle Lock in Middlewich, writes David King.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Email: Difficult for residentials

British Waterways is not the only one—Port of London Authority has played a major role in changing the way in which the Thames is used—making it very difficult for all those who want to make their home on the water as people have done down the centuries.

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Published: 21 March 2012

'Wardle' Maureen dies

I am saddened to report that Maureen passed away at the weekend, having suffered from ill health for some time, writes Vic Moses.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Fuel for air ambulances

AS RIDICULOUS as it may seem fuel for air ambulances is subject to tax, but there is a move to get it exempt by a government petition.

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Published: 18 March 2012

Northmoor Weir work postponed

THE first round in the fight to save the unique Northmoor Weir on the Thames has been won by the protesters.

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Published: 18 March 2012

Armed siege boater charged

THE boater who held armed police at bay from his narrowboat at Sandiacre on the Erewash Canal had been charged, and refused bail.

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Published: 18 March 2012

Killer shrimp discovered

THE non-native Dikerogammarus villosus, commonly known as the killer shrimp, has now been discovered in various locations on the Broads as well as in Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire, and is causing anxiety.

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Published: 16 March 2012

Boaters quiz council's enforcement group

BOATERS are concerned about the workings of Oxford City Council's Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforcement Group (Umbeg), set up to control illegally moored boats.

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Published: 16 March 2012

Drought causes restricted boating

BRITISH Waterways have today issued details of its restrictions on boating due to water shortages caused by the continuing lack of significant rainfall.

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Published: 16 March 2012

Strange RSPCA advice

A MEMBER of the RSPCA involved in the rescue of a trapped swan has advised that the members of the public should not get involved when they saw animals in danger.

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Published: 15 March 2012

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