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Saved drunk from drowning

A WOMAN who helped drag a drowning man from the Erewash Canal is to be commended for her bravery.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Art sheep found in canal

THE long lost art sheep—Ewe Are Here—pushed into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Skipton last September, has resurfaced in the waterway.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Keep out of the river

THE rescue authorities at Bath are wasting so much time and resources searching and  pulling people out of the Avon that they have started a campaign they hope will reduce the number.

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Published: 14 January 2011

Check before you go

WITH the ice now gone, the hardy boaters are able to move once again after being frozen-in for weeks, but there's a warning from our Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 13 January 2011

Maidenhead moat

THERE is a scheme to surround the town of Maidenhead with a moat, described as a network of waterways.

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Published: 13 January 2011

More volunteer lock keepers wanted

LOCK KEEPERS could be a thing of the past, for British Waterways is inviting volunteers to take over the many flights on the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 13 January 2011

Fellow boaters welcome

FELLOW boaters and friends are welcome to the funeral of Stuart Williams who died when he slipped on ice falling into the freezing canal.

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Published: 13 January 2011

Plans in again for marina

THOUGH the plans for a marina at North Kilworth on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal were refused last year, it is being proposed again.

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Published: 13 January 2011

Foam and scum on the Shroppie

EXPERTS are at present investigating the appearance of foam and scum on the Shropshire Union Canal at Audlem.

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Published: 13 January 2011

Problem with swan fence

THOUGH British Waterways will give £2,500 towards a swan fence that a support group wants erecting by the canal at Middlewich, it wants others to take on its long term maintenance.

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Published: 12 January 2011

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