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News: Canal & River Trust attempts to recover 76k from man (from thisiswiltshire.co.uk) 22 Aug 2013 | 05:21 am
A disabled boat owner who lives on the Kennet and Avon Canal could face losing his home because of a 76,000 claim for court costs. George Ward, 52, who stays between Devizes and the Dundas Aqueduct, h...
News: Google to map UK canals for Street View (from techdigest.tv) 18 Aug 2013 | 04:25 am
Google have offered up one of their rare Trekker Street View backpacks to the Canal & River Trust. Weighing 40lbs, the four-foot tall backpack houses a 360-degree camera and lets a person carry out on...
News: Flying boat to fly over Tower Bridge (from ianvisits.co.uk) 16 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
The Cataline G-PBYA flying boat, the UKs only remaining air-worthy heritage flying boat, will fly along the Thames next week, and over Tower Bridge. The event is to mark the 100th anniversary of a Dai...
News: Google Street View backpack captures canals (from telegraph.co.uk) 16 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
After taking its Street View car down every road in the country, they are now capturing the harder-to-reach rivers and canals for the first time using a camera mounted on a backpack. People using Goog...
News: Volunteer ferry service could be forced off Severn (from worcesternews.co.uk) 13 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
A volunteer-run rowboat ferry which has been taking people across the Severn for 30 years could see its costs soar if plans by the organisation responsible for managing the countrys waterways go ahead...
News: Olympics Cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick's 60m plan for Thames pedestrian garden bridge (from dailymail.co.uk) 29 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm
Thomas Heatherwick, the creator of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron, has unveiled plans for a 60million bridge full of trees and flower beds to span the river from Temple to the South Bank. It would b...
News: Family save fortune by selling house and moving on to NARROW BOAT (from dailymail.co.uk) 25 Jul 2013 | 07:38 am
A family sold their four-bedroom house for life on a narrowboat - because they could no longer afford the cost of living. Now, the Lawrences make savings of 8,000 per year on household bills. After th...
News: Welsh canals artist-in-residence to promote waterways to the world (from walesonline.co.uk) 22 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
Wales canals and waterways are to be showcased to the world through a new artist-in-residence programme. The move is seen as crucial in promoting the national network of man-made water networks as tou...
News: Stove accident link to Oxford Canal narrowboat death blaze (from oxfordmail.co.uk) 19 Jul 2013 | 02:39 pm
A fire that killed a father-of-two on his narrowboat was started accidentally, an inquest has heard. Kevin Pryors remains were found on burnt-out Oxford canal boat the Lady of the Lake, on the Oxford ...
News: Queen takes Gloriana out for a spin (from huffingtonpost.co.uk) 11 Jul 2013 | 04:52 pm
The Queen and members of her family enjoyed a private cruise on the River Thames as the country basked in sweltering summer temperatures. The royals took to the water in the million-pound rowbarge Glo...
