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Email: Let it fail

I for one would be quite happy if CART was to be a failure. The waterways would fall into disrepair, the towpaths would be overgrown, boating would become increasingly difficult.

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Published: 13 June 2012

BW to face corporate manslaughter charge?

BRITISH Waterways directors may face criminal charges following the death of a 12 years old boy who drowned at Stourport Basin a year ago, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 June 2012

Email: Join the club!

I can well understand Victor being unable to keep up with the members of CART, join the club!

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Published: 13 June 2012

Body in 'safe' canal

WITH drunks falling into the 'Rochdale Nine' at Canal Street in Manchester, a fence was erected on the top of the existing wall, but a man's body has been discovered in the waterway.

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Published: 11 June 2012

Devizes development—at a price

AFTER a first refusal, a developer has managed to get planning permission to build flats at The Wharf in Devizes, despite objections—but at a cost of £152,000.

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Published: 11 June 2012

The volunteering shambles

WE ARE all used to the crazy edicts from British Waterways, and all know of its demand for volunteers, but the sheer stupidity coming to light could result in volunteering being doomed to failure, as Roger Guiver explains.

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Published: 11 June 2012

Grand Union summit puzzle

BOATERS just cannot understand why the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal at Tring still has its lock gates padlocked, as there is now too much water.

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Published: 11 June 2012

What on earth is happening?

THE reservoirs feeding the Tring summit of the Grand Union Canal are so full that they are overflowing, with our man on the spot actually confirming, yet the lock gates on the waterway are padlocked.

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Published: 08 June 2012

Summit reservoirs full

THE reservoirs serving the Tring summit on the Grand Union Canal, as can be expected after so much rain, are now full.

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Published: 08 June 2012

EA target illegal anglers

THE Environment Agency is targeting its waterways in an attempt to catch illegal anglers who are fishing without licences.

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Published: 08 June 2012

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