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Thames lock staffing controversy

IT WAS way back in 2009 (Lock keepers reach agreement—NbW 12/01/2010) that the lock keepers on the Thames rebelled against the Environment Agency who wanted to not only sell their cottages but cut staffing at the locks.

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Published: 10 August 2012

Oh yes they do!

IN RESPONSE to the claim by Canal & River Trust's Paul Griffin that 'They don't get away with it' (NbW—9/8/2012), I would reply 'Oh yes they do!', states Allan Richards.

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Published: 10 August 2012

Apology and correction

AT LEAST our contributors admit when they get things wrong, so Orph Mable apologises for an inaccuracy in his latest article in narrowboatworld 'Red Diesel—A boatyard perspective'.

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Published: 09 August 2012

B&MK planning permission renewed

THE Planning Permission for the proposed Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway has been renewed for a further five years.

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Published: 09 August 2012

'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

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