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Hotel boat sank

IT WAS quite an experience for those on the hotel boat Ruby that was moored at Victoria Quays in Sheffield—as it was getting lower and lower in the water.

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Published: 21 November 2011

Bridge is worse than expected

VICTORIA Bridge over the Avon at Bath, where boating has been banned, is in worse condition than expected.

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Published: 21 November 2011

Drowned boater mystery

THERE is doubt that the boater discovered in the Stratford Canal died from drowning as first thought, but may have been murdered.

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Published: 21 November 2011

Canal & River Trust and FOIA

DESPITE the general apathy surrounding British Waterways transition to the Canal & River Trust, some will be aware that transition trustees have asked to be exempt from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 November 2011

Tell it like it is...

MANY boaters, worried about the transition of British Waterways to Canal & River Trust,  are now writing to the Charity Commissioners telling of their concerns, such as the one below, that Simon Greer has kindly allowed us to reproduce.

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Published: 21 November 2011

Victor Swift: Canal & River Trust

Canal & River Trust—and the most important Freedom of Information Act.

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Published: 20 November 2011

Why so many marina applications?

NONE other than minister MP Caroline Spelman has written to British Waterways asking why there are so many marina applications in the West Midlands.

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Published: 19 November 2011

Gas cylinder involved in latest boat fire

A GAS cylinder was involved in the latest narrowboat fire, with the boat completely burnt-out in the blaze.

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Published: 18 November 2011

Grantham Canal lock saved

WORK to replace the top gates at Lock 18 at Woolsthorpe, on the Grantham Canal will start on Monday 28th November, ensuring that the navigable stretch of the waterway from the A1 to Woolsthorpe can be further extended and the other locks at Woolsthorpe can be used.

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Published: 18 November 2011

Buckingham Canal bridge saved

A DERELICT 200 years old bridge has been restored as part of the Buckingham Canal restoration.

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Published: 18 November 2011

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Latest

  • Huddersfield Narrow still completely closed
  • Kennet & Avon Canal completely closed
  • Canal basin turns green
  • Boats grounded on Minworth Locks Flight
  • At last a design solution for the repair of Clitheroe's Lock
  • Auction house offering narrowboat
  • This swing bridge needs proper attention
  • A glint of light for Cotswold canals restoration
  • Leeds & Liverpool closure and Lancaster reopening
  • Rushall Lock Flight closed to protect broader network
  • Wilts & Berks Canal Trust worried about new development
  • Rochdale lock failure to reopen next week
  • Failed Aston lock beam repaired
  • Oxford Canal to be closed
  • New Busines Case backs Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway
  • Foxton Flight closed during the week
  • Pole vaulting over canals
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  • Another sexual attack by the Nottingham Canal
  • Grand Union Canal closed

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