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Tower block on the agenda again

THE Waterside tower block plans at Mexborough overlooking the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation are on the agenda again.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Ice motorist already jailed

THE motorist who drove along the ice of a canal has had his sentence deferred as he is already in jail.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Illegal eel nets confiscated

THE Environment Agency has removed four nets designed to illegally catch eels from the Nene during the first ever closed season.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Land leased from National Trust

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust has reached an agreement with the National Trust to lease land to enable part of the northern section of the waterway to be restored.

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Published: 27 October 2010

King Coal to the Jam 'Ole

THE original promotion of the Oxford and Coventry Canals was for moving coal. When the Grand Junction Canal connected with the Oxford Canal at Braunston then much of the traffic on the route towards London was coal.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Spate of diesel thefts

WITH the ever increasing costs of diesel, theft from boats is becoming a regular occurrence, with the Shropshire Union Canal the latest target for thieves.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Email: Mean and selfish

In addition to John Harwood's experiences I will add my own. We arrived at Whilton locks to find two hire boats waiting to go up, and were surprised to see that two private boats had gone round them and up the locks.

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Published: 27 October 2010

Fancy yourself as a columnist?

FOR over 10 years it has always been the policy of narrowboatworld to encourage contributors, and with this in mind we are offering the chance for anyone to become a guest columnist for the site.

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Published: 25 October 2010

What a waste

Our Brian Holmes points out an extract from Waterscape stoppage notices on 22nd October:

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Published: 25 October 2010

Ring to be completed

THE Droitwich Ring that was featured in narrowboatworld will soon be complete, as works starts on the final section.

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Published: 25 October 2010

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