ANOTHER waterway having water problems is the part of the Oxford Canal that is fed by the Cherwell—it is drying up.
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LAST Thursday, narrowboatworld stated that government had laid before Parliament the draft order to transfer the functions of British Waterways to the Canal & River Trust (CART), writes Allan Richards.
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THERE are events held each year on the water-starved Grand Union Canal that not only waste water but caused untold damage, and should be stopped.
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Maybe I missed the announcement but I see that Tony Hales now is described (in Waterway's World—March letters) as being Chairman of CART.
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A MAN welding on his narrowboat at Tardebigge on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal today (Friday), was injured when the fuel tank exploded.
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THERE is a major crackdown on the Oxford Canal on 'continuous moorers'—the boaters who escape paying mooring fees by obtaining a continuous cruiser licence, but then refuse to abide by its rules.
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RALPH'S University competition for new designs is an excellent idea and could well be extended to including cost-effective ways of constructing locks or other level-changing devices (Falkirk Wheel was an expensive one-off).
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IT IS expected that marina moorings are secure for narrowboats, but the new Greenfield Marina on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has proven to be the exception.
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THE canal at Wolverhampton and the flight down to the Staffs & Worcs Canal are still closed after yesterday's (Wednesday) dramatic canalside fire.
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