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HS2 canal bridges raised

THE two canal bridges over the Trent & Mersey Canal at Woodend Lock for the new high speed rail link will be raised to allow boat passage underneath, we have been informed.

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Published: 19 January 2012

Narrowboats in flotilla

IT IS understood that the expected 1,000 boats flotilla on the Thames to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee will have narrowboats taking part.

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Published: 19 January 2012

Council steps in to protect canals

A COUNCIL is worried about the condition of two waterways in its district and has formed a management strategy to help safeguard their future.

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Published: 19 January 2012

Wood Wharf sale

BRITISH Waterways Stuart Mills, Director of Property maintains the selling of Wood Wharf will provide the waterways with a significant long term financial contribution to waterways.

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Published: 18 January 2012

Bridge will be sorted

THE 'eyesore' parapet of the Wey & Arun Canal bridge at Loxwood will soon be sorted, with the help of a NatWest Community Force grant.

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Published: 18 January 2012

Grand Union update

TWO short pounds are now empty between Bulbourne and Marsworth, writes Howard Clarke.

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Published: 18 January 2012

BW Boundary changes

AS THE result of a number of technical and 'operational details' which have yet to be finalised, as of April, there will be slight British Waterways boundary changes.

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Published: 18 January 2012

Income for Canal & River Trust

THERE is a lot more money than has been suggested by your contributors, there is a lot more that the £39m put on the table by the Government, writes John Dodwell.

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Published: 18 January 2012

Plaque to prevent drownings

THREE men have died in the Ouse after jumping from a pub balcony, so a plaque has been erected to warn of the danger.

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Published: 16 January 2012

Work party week-end

A TOTAL of 12 volunteers, members of the Birmingham Navigations Canal Society, joined with work party organiser Mike Rolfe and took advantage of the stunning sunshine on Saturday 14th January, writes Brian Holmes.

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Published: 16 January 2012

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