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Give the 'Hijacking' a rest

IF WE are going to give the discussion/argument between continuous cruisers and marina moorers a rest for a while perhaps we can do the same for the continual debate about the Inland Waterways Association 'hijacking' the Canal & River Trust Council, writes, Peter Early.

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Published: 07 January 2013

Nine boats burgled

THE number of narrowboat boats broken into on the Oxford Canal has reached worrying proportions, with the police no nearer in apprehending the thieves.

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Published: 07 January 2013

A matter of economics

I thought some comments on Allan Richards' fascinating report about Paul Lillie's travails at his Pillings Lock Marina would be in order, writes David Collins.

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Published: 05 January 2013

Marina for the Llangollen

THERE are proposals for yet another marina on the Llangollen Canal, this time on the Ellesmere Arm.

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Published: 05 January 2013

Underhand snoopers are IWA!

THE mystery of the 'enforcement officers' who take photos of boats on Canal & River Trust waterways but run away when challenged, can now be revealed by narrowboatworld.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Landslip closes Grand Union

A LANDSLIP from an embankment on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal has blocked the waterway for 200 feet.

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Published: 04 January 2013

The waterways suffer

RAY Robinson is correct that the architect of the failure of Defra to pay the farmers their single farm payments in time was indeed our caravaning friend, Mrs Beckett, writes Tony Collins.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Two believed drowned

TWO people are believed to have drowned on New Year's Eve in Manchester waterways after nights out.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Tidal Trent still in flood

SUCH is the flood level of the Tidal Trent, that its bridge at Dunham was still closed yesterday (Wednesday).

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Published: 03 January 2013

Flooded Soar sinks boat

THE recently flooded Soar claimed another victim as a 60ft narrowboat sank at Thurmaston when the water receded.

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Published: 03 January 2013

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Latest

  • Embankment breaches getting worse
  • Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge get repaired
  • More lock gates failing
  • They're all out!
  • More stoppages and solutions
  • More boats off the Weaver
  • Getting tough with the skivers
  • Obstruction still stopping navigation
  • Two more stoppages yesterday
  • River Canal Rescue competition winner
  • Getting the two boats out of the Llangollen Canal breach
  • Two lock repairs completed
  • BBC film the work being undertaken by Cotswold Canals Trust
  • Kennet & Avon lock to be repaired during season
  • Boat stranded teetering over Whitchurch breach refloated
  • Bridgewater Canal set to be reopened by December this year
  • Two more canal closures
  • Pollution still entering Chesterfield Canal
  • Move across to the canal
  • Feasibility study to replace Skipton bridge

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