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Pay back time

CAUGHT on CCTV, three graffiti taggers have been made to clean up the mess they made in Ramsgate, which the towns on the waterways would do well to emulate.

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Published: 02 June 2010

Music on the waterways

THIS summer will see a band of musicians making a music tour of the Warwickshire Canal System by narrowboat.

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Published: 29 May 2010

The joke that is freight on the waterways

THE claim of using its canals for freight by British Waterways is proving to be a joke, as it prefers lorries even when facilities are available.

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Published: 28 May 2010

Valve house proved popular

THE opening of the valve house at Horseshoe Falls at the head of the Llangollen Canal for a day in early May proved so popular that it is to be opened again tomorrow, Saturday.

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Published: 28 May 2010

Cyclist drowns in canal

THE police have launched an investigation into how a 55 years old  Wigan woman cycled into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal near Bolton.

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Published: 28 May 2010

Conference to promote towpaths

BRITISH Waterways and the Environment Agency are again hosting a conference in Wales to promote the towpaths of their waterways.

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Published: 28 May 2010

Swans rule—okay!

A SWAN on the Cam is  making life difficult for boaters on the river in Cambridge, particularly the rowers.

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Published: 28 May 2010

Vandals at Skipton again

A TRIP boat moored at Skipton on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been ruined by paint stripper, in the latest act of vandalism in the town.

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Published: 27 May 2010

Tried to fire his narrowboat

BOATER Paul Morton attempted to set fire to the narrowboat on which he lived, by setting light to a gas bottle.

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Published: 27 May 2010

Narrowboat on fire again

FOR the second time in less than a week a narrowboat has been on fire on the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 27 May 2010

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