THOUGH general boating is feeling the pinch in this time of financial depression, hire boating seems to be doing well.
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BEING one of the Canal & River Trust Transition Trustees, maybe I can help with the matter of who can vote in the elections for Canal & River Trust National Council members, writes John Dodwell.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the lack of demand for marina berths, two more marinas are planned for the Oxford Canal, with one expected to get permission very shortly.
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THE Earl of Wessex is to visit Droitwich Spa tomorrow (Thursday) and will arrive at Vines Park by narrowboat.
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THE Hotel Boat section of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) has awarded their prestigious Lock Keeper of the Year award for 2011 to Bryn Jones, British Waterways' Lock Keper at Saltersford Locks on the Weaver, writes Harry Arnold.
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DESPITE claims that the newly formed Canal & Rivers Trust are expecting to hold their first meeting at the end of March 2012, they have not as yet, even applied to the Charities Commission, writes Peter Ponting.
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THERE is absolutely no need to worry about speeding boats in the future, the lack of dredging will slow everybody down, writes Adrian Fellows.
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BRITISH Waterways could be held in contempt of court for its continued stance in ignoring Freedom of Information requests, with the Information Commissioner now asked to serve decision notices in respect of five requests.
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THE Charities Commission have told a boater that British Waterways have not yet applied for charity status for Canal & River Trust.
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AS CAMBRIDGESHIRE and West Norfolk enter the seventh month of drought. The water level on the Middle Level has remained at summer levels, writes Kelvin Alexander-Duggan.
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