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Burnley towpath rape trial

THE trial of a Bangladeshi man accused of carrying out sex attacks on two women on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath at Burnley has started.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Boatyard becomes art gallery

MANY boatyards are having hard times at the moment, but Tooley's at Banbury on the Oxford Canal has branched out as an art gallery.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Russell Newbery sold

THE company that makes the much sought after Russell Newbery boat engines has been sold, but it is not the end for the engine.

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Published: 23 June 2011

Cam body—teenagers arrested

TWO teenagers have been arrested over the death of a man found in the Cam at Cambridge on Wednesday.

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Published: 23 June 2011

No frogs for Devizes

THOUGH British Waterways, against public objections to cash wasted on sculptures, still erected them on the Kennet & Avon Canal, it objects to anyone else having a sculpture by the waterway.

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Published: 22 June 2011

Email: On snagging ropes

In addition to the point raised in his email by Andrew Saffrey, there is a further problem with the rope snagging under the corners of the top plate of lock ladders.
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Published: 22 June 2011

Canal death—man charged

A MAN has been charged with the death of an angler whose body was recovered from the Sankey Canal on Saturday.

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Published: 22 June 2011

Email: Snagging ropes

Maybe that I am wrong and there might be reasons other than poor maintenance and lack of money, staff etc...
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Published: 22 June 2011

Canal murder enquiry

THE police have launched a murder investigation after a the body of a man was discovered in Sankey Valley Park on the Sankey Canal near Warrington.

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Published: 20 June 2011

Non-emergency call progress

LATER this month another four police forces will begin using the Single Non-Emergency phone Number (SNEN) '101', bringing the total to nine.

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Published: 20 June 2011

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