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Award for Liverpool Link

THE Liverpool Link has achieved the top award by the Institution of Civil Engineers at its annual awards ceremony, held at Bolton.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Amphibious bus broke down

A BUS, that is designed to avoid congestion by using the Clyde in Glasgow as well as roads broke down on its second outing.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Another boat burnt-out

YET another boat has been wrecked by fire, this time at  Lathom near Ormskirk, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Getting filthy for fun!

More than a dozen grown men were slopping around in mud at the weekend, as volunteers from the Waterway Recovery Group helped the Chesterfield Canal Trust's Work Party members to clear a lock.

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Published: 10 February 2010

Hamish Leys

Many visitors to the 20th OwnerShips Show at Braunston last weekend would have been mystified at the name Hamish Leys on the side of the its most recently launched narrowboat, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 February 2010

A much needed overhaul

PART of British Waterways' winter maintenance includes work on the Caldon Canal, with Flint Mill Lock getting new gates.

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Published: 08 February 2010

Unsafe life jackets

BOATERS who purchased a Seago life jacket manufactured between 2005 and 2007 are being told to return them for checking as they could be unsafe.

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Published: 08 February 2010

Grants for the Thames

THE Waterways Trust is giving grants of up to £5,000 for projects along the non-tidal Thames, from Cricklade to Teddington.

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Published: 08 February 2010

A boaters' pub

THE Jolly Boatman at Thrupp on the Oxford Canal will soon be a proper boaters pub, when boater Andrew Cannon completes its canal theme.

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Published: 08 February 2010

A very cold start

Despite very mixed weather over the weekend of 30th/31st January the Shropshire Union Canal Society had a good turnout of volunteers to  its first work party of the year, writes Paul Mills.

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Published: 08 February 2010

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