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Body found in canal

THE body of one of the men who we reported went missing in Manchester on New Year's Eve has been found in the Bridgewater Canal.

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Published: 23 January 2013

Press takes-up Regents issue

THE Press has taken up the story that appeared in narrowboatworld recently, of the complaints against the huge number of residential boats crammed on the Regents Canal that are causing problems.

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Published: 22 January 2013

No ban on CaRT

I WAS aghast at the suggestion that there should perhaps be a ban on any mention of CaRT in narrowboatworld, writes James Henry.

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Published: 22 January 2013

CaRT wants NT protection

THE Canal & River Trust is asking for the Growth & Infrastructure Bill to be amended to beef up planning protection for the waterways, writes Allan Richards.
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Published: 22 January 2013

Boater operated tidal lock

Am I wrong in assuming that West Stockwith Lock on the tidal Trent must be operated by a designated lock keeper at all times, if so can anyone tell me what does this extract from an email from Canal & River Trust mean, asks Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Boater's death was suicide

A BOATER moored at High Offley on the Shropshire Union Canal had committed suicide after the death of his brother.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Man charged with break-ins

A MAN has been charged with burglary over the break-ins of the narrowboats moored on the Oxford Canal as reported in narrowboatworld.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Who are they?

I understand there are 35 members on the Canal & River Trust committee but only four are so called ‘boaters' representatives, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Paying our way

Peter Ponting makes good points. We hired for years, then owned a share in the same Ownerships boat as Allan and Chris Richards, finally blowing most of our life savings on a rusty old boat seven years ago, writes John Bamford.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Getting too close

A CAPITAL Radio newsreader was really too close to her job when she was reporting on the weather affecting the waterways—she fell in!

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Published: 21 January 2013

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  • Victor tells the trust could have saved millions of gallons of water every day
  • Broken paddle at Watford Locks
  • Water returns to Montgomery Canal at Llanymynech
  • Breakages close waterways
  • Leicester Section closure extended
  • Who are they kidding?
  • Restoration boosts the Montgomery Canal for visitors and boating
  • Environment Agency steps in to maintain Severn levels
  • Massive length of Leicester Section closed and locked off
  • Possibility of Lancaster Canal closing
  • Hopes to have Bridgewater Canal breach repaired by December
  • Foating market this weekend at Market Drayton
  • Lack of water closes Caldon Canal
  • Four flights closed on Old Main Line
  • Boaters and businesses complain about continous closure of Erewash Canal
  • Various problems close navigations
  • Navigations reopened
  • Eleven stoppages through various reasons
  • Weevils used to kill invasive weed
  • Swans injured on Chesterfield Canal

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