THE canal restoration society Friends of the Cromford Canal were amazed to discover that the local council was ripping them off for £650 for planning permission for two information signs on the disused waterway though only quoted £95 each.
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AS PART of Boat Safety week, narrowboat owners around the country are being urged to fit smoke alarms to their boats.
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THE 'ASBO' swan reported in narrowboatworld as attacking boaters on the Cam in Cambridge, has found an ally.
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A MOTORCYCLIST racing along the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn was caught by the police and arrested after complaints of his dangerous driving.
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WORK is about to start on a 'Canal Quarter' on the Caldon Canal at Hanley, which will include 250 new homes by the waterway.
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BRITISH Waterways is on the lookout for a volunteer ranger who can bring that personal touch to the visitor hub of Audlem on the Shropshire Union Canal.
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THE man who it is believed broke into boats moored on the Wey has been apprehended by the police, Kathryn Dodington tells us.
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TO RAISE funds for charity, two stand-up paddlers are at the moment paddling their way from Bath on the Kennet & Avon Canal on their way to London.
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THE bottom gate of Sanford Lock on the Thames was so badly cracked that a boater was told it could have given way at any time.
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LACK of water has closed another section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal—between Appley Bridge and Poolstock.
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