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Draining the Oxford

WITH the season about to start amid a raft of proposed restrictions on the southern waterways designed to maintain cruising for as long as possible, who in their right mind in British Waterways gave Cherwell District Council the okay to grant planning permission for the two marinas at Cropredy asks Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 14 March 2012

Individual CART voting results

WE GIVE the actual figures of the votes cast for each candidate in the election for the Canal & River Trust Council.

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Published: 14 March 2012

Three more trustees

AND still they come—three more trustees appointed to the Canal & River Trust (CART). Two accountants and a water board officer.

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Published: 14 March 2012

CART and Freedom of Information Act

I THOUGHT your readers might like some brief information about the Canal & River Trust and the Freedom of Information Act, writes John Dodwell.

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Published: 14 March 2012

Businesses hit by GU closure

OWNERS of businesses reliant on the Grand Union Canal are complaining that the threat of closures is affecting their income.

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Published: 12 March 2012

Alrewas Arts Festival

IF YOU are planning a trip along the Trent & Mersey Canal in late August, Alrewas would be a good stopping point.

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Published: 12 March 2012

Towpaths could help restore canal

MEMBERS of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust believe that first restoring towpaths along the derelict sections of the waterway could help with its eventual restoration.

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Published: 12 March 2012

New canal for freight

WORK has started on the plan for a new 106 kilometres canal for the movement of freight—but alas, not in England but across France.

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Published: 12 March 2012

Moorings booze ban continues

THE booze ban that was enforced on a trial basis at Shobnall Fields at Burton, including the Trent & Mersey Canal moorings is to be continued.

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Published: 10 March 2012

Wigan Pier for sale—again

THE noise levels being created by the revellers in the famous Wigan Pier pub, that is a well known night club, caused it to be closed, but it is on the market again.

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Published: 10 March 2012

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