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Another try for basin

ANOTHER try is being made to convert a car park in Oxford city centre into a basin to accommodate boats.

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Published: 25 September 2013

The crumbling waterways

NINE months—eight failures, with the embankment collapse on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Rishton, between Blackburn and Burnley, on 11th September again emphasising the parlous state of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) waterways, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 23 September 2013

Hales to reappoint himself?

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Chairman, Tony Hales, who said that he would stand down as from April this year is now seeking to reappoint himself at a 'secret' meeting which he is chairing, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 09 September 2013

Guidelines for K&A boaters proposed

THE Kennet & Avon Waterways Partnership is seeking views from boaters, businesses, local authorities and other canal users on ideas for improving fair access to moorings on the canal between Devizes and Bath.

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Published: 09 September 2013

Inconsiderate boater

WHILST cruising the Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford upon Avon, we moored up at Bidford on Avon, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 09 September 2013

Not always a matter of choice

I THINK it's a shame that Steve Matthews in 'Liveaboards by an ex live aboard' chose to expand the scope of his response to my email 'Glad for the holiday season to end', to a characterisation of liveaboards as free-loading benefit-collecting 'drop-outs', writes Suzanne Macleod.

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Published: 09 September 2013

Not native to canals

I HAVE been reading that student Paul Roberts spent an very unsuccessful time trailing the Llangollen Canal for evidence of water voles, writes Ian Waters.

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Published: 08 September 2013

Our poor deteriorating waterways

THE first accounts produced by Canal & River Trust (CaRT) make comparison with previous years difficult, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 September 2013

'Killer' pike found dead

A 'KILLER' pike that was suspected of taking ducklings has been found floating dead on the Trent in Nottingham.

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Published: 07 September 2013

Panic on the towpath

THERE was panic at the disused Cotswold Canals at Dudbridge when a grenade was discovered in the middle of the towpath.

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Published: 07 September 2013

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  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • CafĂ© turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock

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