OUR Allen Richards makes the point that British Waterways directors are now faced with the challenge of convincing both workforce and public that staff will not be sacked simply to be replaced by volunteer labour.
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IT IS not only stupid people who risk drowning from walking on the frozen canals, but animals too.
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A BOAT with six passengers capsized on the freezing Thames, with two passengers still missing.
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Another man has been found dead in a waterway after falling through the ice on the Erewash Canal.
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A WOMAN received a terrible shock when she discovered two dogs hung by their necks from Fairfield Bridge 46 on the Ashby Canal.
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PEOPLE are ignoring warning that the ice on canals is not safe, and even jumping about on the frozen waterways.
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THOUGH virtually everything came to a standstill over the recent bad weather, it did not stop the Stourbridge Santa Boat Trips operating on the Stourbridge Canal.
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THE recent cold spell has brought more boat fires, with two reported within the last seven days.
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THE plan to construct a new marina on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal could be another that never sees the light of day.
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DESPITE this being a season of goodwill, I cannot relate the British Waterways management's apparently relaxed attitude to the future funding of our waterways, writes Mike Stone.