FOLLOWING recent articles and emails in these columns about the Trent & Mersey breach and CaRT's subsequent actions, the explanation from the CaRT Operations Director Vince Moran was very informative and helped explain how the contingency fund operates, writes John Kelly.
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I'd like to comment on some of the recent narrowboatworld reports, relates John Dodwell, a volunteer Trustee of the Canal & River Trust.
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THE Aylesbury Canal Society now has a 999 year lease on a piece of land bordering the offside of the Aylesbury Arm with planning permission to build a canal basin with all facilities and a club premises.
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FOLLOWING on Canal & River Trust's poetry on lock gates comes the news that it has now appointed a poet laureate.
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A NARROWBOAT has sunk in one of the Caen Hill Flight locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
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A BETTER reporting service for problems on the waterways is now in place, with only two numbers that need be remembered for reporting incidents or emergencies.
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THE pollution to the Erewash Canal, reported in narrowboatworld, has stopped the National Angling Match taking place.
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IT HAS been estimated that bad driving, with vehicles hitting canal bridges is costing Canal & River Trust a great deal of money in repairs.
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AS REPORTED in narrowboatworld the waterways are now appearing on Google maps, with the main attractions being the first to appear.
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HAVING survived the wettest summer in a 100 years I think it's fair to say two things I take note of on a daily basis are the expected rainfall and the water level in the Cut, writes Ralph Freeman.
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