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Click on an icon to see or hear the item. is an internal link within this web site. is a link to an external web site. The items are listed in the order in which they reached me, newest first. Press reports of our events will appear in the Event reports section of this site. Letter "Keep our living heritage afloat" from David Sumner, President, Huddersfield Canal Society, Monday May 28, 2007 The Guardian   Article "Grant squeeze threatens to cut Britain's canal keeper adrift" Mark Milner, Saturday May 26, 2007, The Guardian   Third Leader "In praise of ... canals",Saturday May 26, 2007, The Guardian   Article in the Hampstead & Highgate Express, 22 March, by London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi, Chair of the London Waterways Commission.   Article in Buckingham Today, 20 March.   Letter in the Yorkshire Post, 10 March 2007, from SOW Steering Group member Roger Millin. PDF format Summary of some advance radio coverage for our events in March.   Article from the Southport Visiter, 2 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Tarleton & Garstang events. PDF format Article Flood warning follows British Waterways budget cutsfrom New Civil Engineering, 2 March 2007. PDF format Article from Daily Post, 1 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Trevor event.   Article from Lichfield Mercury, 1 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Fradley event.   Article from the East Herts Herald, 1 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Hertford event.   Article from Garstang Today, 1 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Gastang event.   Article from the Rugby Observer, 1 March 2007, with advance publicity for our Braunston event.   Article from the Chorley Citizen, 28 February 2007, with advance publicity for our Wheelton event.   Article from the Bucks Herald, 26 February 2007, with more advance publicity for our MArsworth event.   Another article from Hemel Hempstead Today, 20 February 2007, with advance publicity for our Marsworth event.   Article from Hemel Hempstead Today, 14 February 2007, with advance publicity for our Marsworth event.   Summary of on-the-day broadcast coverage of our Jan 16 Campaign Cruise in London.   Article by John Ingham from the Daily Express, 15 January 2007. PDF format Article by Christopher Booker from the Sunday Telegraph, 14 January 2007.   Audio stream of Radio Four's Today in Parliament, 12 January 2007. The relevant part starts about 16 minutes into the programme – the web site allows you to fast-forward to this point. Real Player format Lead article about the campaign from issue 14 of Towpath Talk.   Summary of some local radio coverage of the adjournment debate in Parliament.   Summary of more local radio advance publicity for our events.   Advance publicity for our Skipton event from the Craven Herald, 23 November 2006   Advance publicity for our Chester event from the Ellesmere Port Pioneer, 23 November 2006   Advance publicity for our Hatton & Hawkesbury events from icCovenry.co.uk, 23 November 2006   Advance publicity for our Little Venice event from the Paddington & Westminster Times, 23 November 2006   Article Floating protest over cuts to canal budget from the Reading Chronicle, 23 November 2006 PDF format Article Flotilla to protestr against £9m cuts from the Reading Evening Post, 22 November 2006 PDF format Article Concerns for canal grow from the Reading Evening Post, 1 November 2006 PDF format Article Campaigners block canal in funding protest from CheshireOnline, 21 November 2006   Article Boaters taking to blockades on cuts from the Buxton Advertiser, 23 November 2006.   Summary of some coverage on various local radio stations.   Advance publicity for our Middlewich event from the Middlewich Guardian, 22 November.   Advance publicity for our Ware event from the Hertfordshire Mercury, 17 November 2006. PDF format Advance publicity for our Devizes event from ThisisWiltshire.co.uk, 21 November 2006.   Article about Netherton Tunnel as a potential victim of the cuts. From the Express & Star, 15 November 2006. PDF format Interview from Towpath Talk with the CEO of the National Federation of Anglers, 16 November 2006. MS Word format Article Why it's boom time from the Sunday Telegraph, 19 November 2006. PDF format Advance publicity for our Birmingham event creeps into an article about DEFRA's problems, from the Birminham Post, 15 November.   Article Threat to boom in canal's lease of life from the Buxton Advetiser, 10 November.   Advance publicity for our Gloucester event from the Gloucester Citizen, 11 November   Letter in The Guardian, 11 November from Dr David Hilling.   Advance notice of our Rickmansworth event from the Watford Observer, 10 November PDF format Article Canal blockade plan from the Banbury Guardian, 26 October 2006 PDF format Article Boat owners to launch protest from the Bath Chronicle, 24 October 2006   Article Canal crisis threatens regeneration from the Birmingham Post, 23 October 2006   Feature Canals in crisis from Canal Boat & Inland Waterways, November 2006 PDF format Article Turn the tide from The Guardian, 18 October   Article Fears for the future of our waterways from Ellesmere Port Pioneer, 19 October   Article 180 jobs face axe on canal network as funding is cut from the Yorkshire Post, 11 October 2006   Article Canal cuts 'blow to economy' from the Shropshire Star, 12 October 2006   Transcript of a group of interviews on You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 13 October. MS Word format Article Canal could be closed just four years after its £23m revamp from the Oldham Advertiser, 11 October 2006   Article Canals 'may close' after job cuts from BBC News web site, 10 October 2006   Article Fury as 180 canal jobs face axe from the Wolverhamton Express and Star, 10 October 2006   Editorial from the November 2006 issue of Canals and Rivers Magazine   Audio file of interviews with Robin Evans (CEO,BW) and Will Chapman (SOW campaign) on Radio 4 Today, 12 October 2006 Real Player format Article Prescott's canal dream hit as 180 jobs are axed from the Daily Telegraph, 11 October 2006   Birmingham Post, web site 11 October 2006 (contains an article Boaters planning to blockage city canals)   Article Fears grow for waterways as canal jobs cutfrom The Independent, 10 October 2006. PDF format Article Waterways facing closure as budget axe forces job cuts from the Evening Standard, 10 October 2006. PDF format Editorial from Navvies No.219, the newsletter of the Waterway Recovery Group MS Word format Article Cuts threat to waterways projects from Regeneration & Renewal magazine, 6 October 2006. PDF format Article British Waterways faces cash crisis after cuts from Regeneration & Renewal magazine, 6 October 2006. PDF format Transcript of an interview with Simon Salem of BW on Farming Today, BBC Radio 4, 2 October 2006. MS Word format Article Waterways cash cuts puts canal jewel in danger from the Rochdale Express, 6 October 2006   Article Time to Act from Towpath Talk, 5 October 2006   Article Defra blamed for cash crisis that could cripple Prescott's canal revival from the Daily Telegraph web site, 1 October 2006.   Article Will DEFRA ever play fair with BW?, from Canals and Rivers, October 2006   Article BW cuts threaten canals, from Waterways World, September 2006 PDF format A page from the BBC website which contains advance publicity for the report on the West Midlands section of The Politics Show dealing with our campaign, and a link to a video of that section of the programme. Out bit starts about 10 minutes into the 20-minute excerpt.   Editorial from the Birmingham Post, 27 November 2006.   An article by the Chairman of the BCN Society from the Express & Star

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