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Oil dumped in waterway

BOATING on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was affected over the week-end as British Waterways and the Environment Agency cleared up an oil slick that polluted the waterway.

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Published: 19 April 2010

Snail mail

FOUR empty Royal Mail bags have been discovered dumped by the side of the Selby Canal.

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Published: 19 April 2010

100 attractions at festival

THE Chesterfield Canal Festival that is being held in Worksop, by Morse Lock, promises to be the best yet.

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Published: 19 April 2010

Don't blame BW

PEOPLE, businesses and even a councillor are blaming British Waterways for the litter along the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal through Nelson.
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Published: 19 April 2010

Anglers under fire

ANGLERS are under fire in the Forum at the moment, with boaters telling a few home truths.

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Published: 17 April 2010

Handy timber

THE many fences that are being erected around the system by British Waterways are providing handy timber.

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Published: 16 April 2010

Papering over the cracks

IT WAS good to see Ralph Freeman highlighting the lock next to the Dog & Doublet on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal as an example of how a gate can be made to fit, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 April 2010

More canals for anglers

PREVIOUSLY  unlicenced sections of the canal network have been made available to anglers by British Waterways.

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Published: 15 April 2010

Cromford Canal—SSSI or what?

MY DAILY commute takes me alongside the formerly restored stretch of the Cromford Canal between Ambergate and Cromford, and for the past three or four weeks, extensive works have been going on involving heavy diggers and other machinery, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 14 April 2010

Money for Cromford

IT WAS the very well known actor Brian Blessed who accepted a cheque for £3,000 on behalf of Friends of Cromford Canal, towards its restoration.

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Published: 14 April 2010

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