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Victor: Don't shoot the the messenger

OR PERHAPS the heading should be 'Carrying the can', referring to Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Trustee John Dodwell's efforts to portray that all in the garden is lovely.

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Published: 02 November 2013

Co-operative's hydro electric scheme

A LOCAL cooperative in Abingdon has been granted permission to install a hydro electric plant in the Abbey Stream as it flows into the Thames.

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Published: 02 November 2013

Left on the mud

THE boaters who moored above Grove Lock (28) on the Grand Union Canal at Leighton Buzzard found themselves rolling out of their beds, as the pound emptied during Wednesday night.
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Published: 01 November 2013

New minister

THE new waterways minister appointed to replace Richard Benyon MP is Dan Rogerson MP, Lib Dem Member for North Cornwall.

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Published: 01 November 2013

Narrowboat burglar jailed

THE man who left a trail of narrowboat thefts behind him from boats on many waterways has been caught and sentenced to four and a a half years in prison.

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Published: 31 October 2013

£1m Lapworth project decimated

IT WAS just about a year ago that Canal & River Trust's (CaRT) Trustee John Dodwell was telling us how great it was to be a charity and that certainty of funding meant that £1m would be spent on 20 locks on the Lapworth Flight in 2013/14.

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Published: 31 October 2013

Disused locks to be unearthed

A SCHEME is in progress to unearth the old lock flight in Falkirk that were superseded by the Falkirk Wheel.
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Published: 31 October 2013

Objections to canal-side development

USING the slogan that a new massive development in Banbury will 'make the Oxford Canal an attractive destination', developers want to convince the locals it is a good thing.

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Published: 31 October 2013

Drowned student on drugs and alcohol

THE student who was found in January drowned in the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester (Body found in canal) was  high on drugs and alcohol, and had been ejected from a club.

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Published: 30 October 2013

Boat stuck on Cromwell Weir

A SINGLE-HANDED narrowboat lost its power and drifted onto Cromwell Lock at the head of the tidal Trent yesterday (Tuesday), recognised as the weir carrying the most water in the country.

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Published: 30 October 2013

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