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'Drunk in charge' confusion

THOUGH a boater has been arrested for being drunk in charge of a narrowboat (Drunk in charge of a boat arrest—NbW 06/08/12) the law is not yet in place.

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Published: 09 August 2012

Fell in lock after boat on cill

A NARROWBOAT going down Northgate Staircase on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester caught on the cill and toppled over.

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Published: 08 August 2012

Another boater drowns

IT WAS boater Peter Williamson walking to the local pub, Nightly Arms, who saw the police at a narrowboat at Yelvertoft on the summit pound of the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 08 August 2012

Campaign against new marina

FOLLOWING our story of the opposition to the new massive 600 berths marina on the Oxford Canal, comes news of a 'Stop the Monster Marina at Onley' campaign against the proposed development.

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Published: 08 August 2012

Another stupid boater

ANOTHER narrowboater had to be rescued by a lifeboat after taking to the sea on the Bristol channel with no facilities.
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Published: 08 August 2012

IWA chairman steps down

FOLLOWING failure to gain influence in the new Canal & River Trust (CART) which replaced British Waterways a month ago, the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) National Chairman, Clive Henderson, is to step down, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 August 2012

We must not lose diesel suppliers

I DO understand that supplying red diesel from the bank side has its drawbacks but I believe not supplying it from the bank side will have more drawbacks, write Maffi.

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Published: 08 August 2012

Chesterfield Canal locks vandalised

BOTH the gate and ground paddles of two Chesterfield Canal locks have been vandalised in Worksop on the off side.

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Published: 08 August 2012

Drunk in charge of a boat arrest

A BOATER was so drunk that he fell off his boat into the canal by Braunston Marina, but if that wasn't bad enough he has now been arrested for being drunk in charge of a boat, Graham Phillips tells us.

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Published: 06 August 2012

Heads in the sand

CONCERNING the number of diesel retailers giving up the sale of the fuel after the varying tax increase, many blame the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators for the problem.

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Published: 04 August 2012

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