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Cooling systems not harmful

A STUDENT from Huddersfield University has shown that water pumped back into the canals from cooling systems is not harmful to aquatic life as first thought.

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Published: 25 March 2010

Skipton pub wins again

FOR the sixth year, the Narrowboat in Skipton has been named Pub of the Season.

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Published: 25 March 2010

Plans for Stourport Basins

STOURPORT Forward and partners have given a preview of the latest developments at Stourport, as part of the plan to develop the town's canal basins as a major heritage tourism attraction.

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Published: 25 March 2010

Embroiderers and the Chesterfield Canal

THE Chesterfield Canal is the subject of an exhibition of work by the North Nottinghamshire Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild in Retford.

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Published: 25 March 2010

No takers for pub

ANOTHER of British Waterways pubs feeling the pinch in the Steamboat Inn at Trent Lock at the bottom of the Erewash Canal.

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Published: 24 March 2010

Another lock for the Wey & Arun

ANOTHER lock is to be reopened on the Wey & Arun Canal next month—Devils Hole Lock, near Loxwood in West Sussex.

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Published: 24 March 2010

Contaminated Lee Navigation

IT HAS now been revealed that around 100 people reported feeling ill to Thames Water after the contamination of the Lee Navigation in north-east London last month.

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Published: 24 March 2010

Trial for Regent's attacker

A TEENAGER is to stand trial for two stabbings on the Regent's Canal towpath.

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Published: 23 March 2010

Caen Hill reopens at Easter

THOUGH Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes will reopen at Easter, all the scheduled work has not been completed.

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Published: 22 March 2010

Goods by boat

A MANUFACTURER of door furniture has 'commissioned  a freight narrowboat' to transport goods from Wolverhampton to the Olympics site.

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Published: 22 March 2010

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