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'Useless' Cam Conservators under fire

A FORMER Cam Conservator has broken ranks and attacked the waste and suspect decisions of the Cam Conservators—the body in charge of the river in Cambridge—as 'dysfunctional' and 'top-heavy'.

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Published: 11 December 2013

Reckless driver costs CaRT £30,000

A CAR crash at Bridge 15 on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal has cost Canal & River Trust £30,000 in repairs.

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Published: 11 December 2013

Anglo Welsh cash in

THE boat hire company Anglo Welsh is cashing in on Christmas by offering its boats on short hire over the holiday season for hirers to do their shopping.

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Published: 11 December 2013

Birmingham is best!

A USA magazine, The New Yorker, had told its readers to forsake London for Birmingham, as a more exciting city, especially its waterways.

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Published: 11 December 2013

No forgery or fraud

Your correspondent Allan Richards ignored the recently expressed views of the High Court concerning his allegations of forgery and fraud to do with a plan of landholdings at Brentford. (narrowboatworld Friday 6th December), a spokesman for Canal & River Trust tells us.

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Published: 11 December 2013

Seasonal attractions at Ellesmere Port

VISITORS to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port will be entering a winter wonderland this festive season, with a host of seasonal attractions adding traditional Christmas magic to the occasions.

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Published: 09 December 2013

3 is the one

PERHAPS a confusing headline, but in response to Peter Ponting's query of the best service to use to connect to the internet whilst cruising, it seems there is only 3 that is reliable.

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Published: 09 December 2013

When did the rules change?

CONCENTRATING on canals, and ignoring rivers, where the land ownership is generally different, when did the rules, if there are rules, for mooring on canals change? Asks Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 09 December 2013

Help for new boaters

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has teamed up with Drifters, a consortium of hire boat operators, to produce a new training film to show new boaters the ropes as a companion to the existing Boaters' Handbook.

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Published: 09 December 2013

Victor: More awards

I SHOULD imagine the waterways have more awards that any other following, with stars, crowns, anchors and God knows what, topped—in my opinion—by the very suspect Annual Waterways Awards.

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Published: 08 December 2013

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