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Stephen Fry backs Broads

THE new Love Your National Parks celebration, launched this week, has the backing of celebrity and Norfolk resident Stephen Fry.

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Published: 12 June 2013

Failure to publish minutes

A FORMAL complaint has been made that Canal & River Trust's trustees are failing to ensure that minutes of Board meetings and associated documents are being published, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 12 June 2013

Collapsed lock had weaker walls

I DON'T know how much Maffi actually knows about the collapse of that lock on the Aylesbury Arm, other than speculation, but apparently specialists who have inspected the damage are most surprised to find that its construction is very different from others on the Arm, writes Alan Fincher.

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Published: 12 June 2013

CaRT's Upton moorings decision thrown out

UPTON Town Council have vetoed the decision by Canal & River Trust to prevent boaters using the moorings on the Severn at Upton.

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Published: 12 June 2013

A fine mess

SUSIE Mercer [Boating Trade Manager South who closed Upton moorings to boaters] is suggesting in a strong flow on the Severn that boaters should moor at Upper Lode Lock, writes Amy Dickerson.

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Published: 12 June 2013

Samshiba—an appeal

THE narrowboat Samshiba was stolen from Willow Moorings on the Soar sometime between late Sunday night 5th May and the early hours of Monday morning 6th May—the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (Stolen boat found) writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 10 June 2013

CaRT FoI Requests

IN THE lead up to the formation of Canal & River Trust there was quite a bit of discord created when there was a secret move made by the transitional team for CaRT to be made exempt from the Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 10 June 2013

It's just a matter of time

THE catastrophic collapse of Lock 12 on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal will, as do all failures on the system, generate copious quantities of speculation as to what actually caused it, writes Maffi.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Fast track

A THREE quarter mile length of towpath has been upgraded as a cycle track at Tottenham Hale on the Lee in London at a cost of £305,000.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Anglers want to shoot seal

THE seal that lives in the Severn around Worcester is causing controversy as the anglers want to shoot it as it is feeding on 'their' fish.

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Published: 10 June 2013

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