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FOR the past three months there has been a trailer dumped in the Caldon Canal at Milton.

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Published: 04 December 2009

Another statue

INSTEAD of the statue of cricketer Freddie Trueman being placed outside Skipton Town Hall, there are plans to erect it at the canal basin instead.

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Published: 04 December 2009

Waded canal to escape police

AFTER a burglary at an engineering firm in Huddersfield, a man waded across the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to escape police.

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Published: 04 December 2009

Better bridge for Birstall

A second new bridge over the Grand Union Canal above Leicester has just been opened, making Watermead Country Park more accessible.

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Published: 03 December 2009

Heritage milepost found

IT WAS some four to five years ago that work on Shebdon Embankment meant the heritage milepost situated opposite the Shebdon winding hole had to be removed to Norbury yard for safekeeping.

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Published: 02 December 2009

Help for the Cotswold Canals

A BRITISH lubricants company is ensuring that the first phase of the Cotswold Canals restoration runs smoothly.

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Published: 02 December 2009

Pollution depleted Soar fish

THE Environment Agency blame pollution for the diminishing stocks of fish in the Soar.

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Published: 02 December 2009

BW director pay rise shock

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a pay rise for British Waterways directors will come as something as a shock to the public and  employees alike, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 30 November 2009

Brierfield Mill will not be a school

THE plans to turn Brierfield Mill at Burnley on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal into a school solely for Islamic girls is unlikely to go ahead.

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Published: 30 November 2009

Another narrowboat fire

There has been another narrowboat fire, this time on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Hilperton.

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Published: 27 November 2009

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