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BW to rely on volunteers?

A NEW undertaking that has been commissioned by the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities reveals that volunteers are needed to enable BW to fulfil its navigation commitment.

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Published: 12 July 2010

Leeds & Liverpool could close in three weeks

AT A meeting in Wigan over the week-end it was discovered that unless there is a deluge, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal will close on 1st August—the start of the major summer holidays.

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Published: 12 July 2010

BW using litter pickers as lock keepers

BOATERS on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are worried that instead of the Three Rise flights being operated by official lock keepers, litter pickers are being used.

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Published: 12 July 2010

More Giant Hogweed

THOUGH the Environment Agency gave the impression that the Giant Hogweed found by the Grand Union Canal at Linslade was a remote case, this is not so.

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Published: 10 July 2010

Caen Hill opens again

CAEN Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal has now re-opened to navigation after being closed for repairs.

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Published: 09 July 2010

Trip boat operators suffering

IT IS not only normal boaters who are suffering from British Waterways' lack of maintenance, its commercial customers too are being hit.

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Published: 09 July 2010

Poisonous plant back in the canals

A POISONOUS plant that was  thought to have been eliminated from the country's waterways has been discovered in the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 09 July 2010

Gunthorpe Lock closed

GUNTHORPE Lock on the Trent is closed owing to a failure with the electrics.

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Published: 08 July 2010

Team effort cleans up canal

THE waterways in Wolverhampton have benefited from a clean up thanks to the help of a team of volunteers.

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Published: 08 July 2010

Lock fund benefits by £11,000

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust's Southland Lock rebuilding fund will benefit by around £11,000 following the 2010 ‘Poddle' sponsored walk in June.

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Published: 08 July 2010

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