THE Folk on the Water festival has raised around £3,000 for its two charities with its festivities.
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WE ALL know that nowadays British Waterways seem to have little interest in boaters' facilities, and have read of sanitary stations and the like being non-operational or even closed down.
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SUCH is the addiction to warning signs these days, that the signs themselves are becoming dangerous, as the one on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is proving.
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WORK has started on Staveley Town Lock on the Chesterfield Canal, with two week-long work camps.
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A TRIAL will start this week of water buses for use at the Olympics, ferrying people from Limehouse Basin to the western entrance of the Olympic Park at Old Ford Lock on the Lee Navigation.
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THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust's funds recently increased by £600 thanks to a donation from the Guildford & Reading Branch of the Inland Waterways Association.
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A BOATER died when his boat caught fire on the Medway, though he was pulled out of the blaze.
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DERBY City Council have recommended its planning board give permission for the restoration of the 12 miles of the Derby & Sandiacre Canal within its borders.
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THE European Union is attempting to stop boaters using red diesel, even where the tax has been paid.
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