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Girl murdered on K&A towpath

A TEENAGE girl was found dead yesterday (Monday) on the towpath of the Kennet & Avon Canal at Reading.

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Published: 19 January 2010

Unsafe moorings

IT WOULD seem the permanent moorings at Tyrley on the Shropshire Union are not too safe.

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Published: 19 January 2010

"I'm a plonker!" says boater

A BOATER who took his narrowboat out in flood conditions and had it jammed against a bridge described himself as a 'plonker'!

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Published: 19 January 2010

Information on waterways

THE Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) has created information packs for schools about the hazards of inland waterways.
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Published: 19 January 2010

Money for repairs

IT SEEMS that the trip boat on the Neath Canal will come to an end unless money in found for its repairs.

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Published: 19 January 2010

BW gives land to trust

BRITISH Waterways has gifted land to the Cotswold Canals Trust to help with the restoration of the Thames & Severn Canal, now known as the Cotswold Canals.

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Published: 18 January 2010

First stupidity of 2010

It was well known bloggers Lesley and Joe on their narrowboat Caxton, stuck in ice at Great Haywood, who spotted the first BW stupidity of the year.

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Published: 15 January 2010

WRG celebrates 40 years

ESTABLISHED way back in 1970, this year the Inland Waterways Association's Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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Published: 15 January 2010

Arsonists fire boat on K & A

POLICE say that a narrowboat that was burnt out at Devizes on the Kennet & Avon Canal was set on fire deliberately.

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Published: 14 January 2010

An extra attraction

THERE is likely to be an extra attraction for anyone wanting information about the restoration of the Cotswold Canals.

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Published: 14 January 2010

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