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Six charged over body parts

THOUGH police are still searching for remaining body parts concerning the human leg that was found, six men have been charged.

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Published: 10 March 2011

Thames World Pooh Sticks

THE World Pooh Sticks Championship is scheduled once again to take place on the Thames, with the organisers hoping for better conditions.

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Published: 10 March 2011

Coventry Canal thefts

IT SEEMS unbelievable why thieves should want high voltage warning signs, but these are being stolen from the Coventry Canal.

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Published: 10 March 2011

What hope for British Waterways?

British Waterways has given a glowing report of the Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum on the Grand Union Canal on its website.

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Published: 09 March 2011

MP visits National Waterways Museum

THE MP for Wirral South, Alison McGovern, having an interest both in young trainees and in heritage, visited the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port last week.

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Published: 09 March 2011

Comment—Too many marinas

IT WAS way back in 2004 that, with a boom in boat building, the shortage of marina berths was critical, with not a single marina berth constructed during that year.

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Published: 09 March 2011

Coronation Street waterway problems

THE makers of ITV's Coronation Street are concerned that filming at its new studios that have been built near Salford Quays, could be interrupted by the noise from the nearby waterway.

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Published: 09 March 2011

Daventry Canal again

STILL another attempt is being made to build a canal into Daventry, with an application for planning permission to be submitted later this month.

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Published: 09 March 2011

British Waterways the best name

BRITISH Waterways followed by British Waterways Trust had the greatest appeal as a name change for the new charitable status we are told.

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Published: 07 March 2011

More body parts expected

THE police have intimated that in addition to the human leg found in the Louth Canal, more parts are expected to be discovered.

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Published: 07 March 2011

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