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Canal & River Trust redundancies?

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has appointed yet another highly paid executive and is attempting to recruit a second.

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Published: 15 March 2023

Accidents and sinking in Leeds & Liverpool Canal locks

IT WAS back in October 2012 that Ken Churchill's narrowboat sunk having hung up on the lock chamber wall in Lock 40 on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 15 March 2023

More moorings closed for most of the summer

TWO miles of towpath from Fradley right past Woodend Lock to bridge 54 will be closed for moorings all summer.

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Published: 15 March 2023

Bradley Canal Open Day

THE Bradley Canal Restoration Society is holding an Open Day in June.

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Published: 15 March 2023

Victor has his knickers in a twist

I THINK Victor has got his knickers in a twist about the status of CaRT in the first part of the item published on Sunday, writes Stephen Bean.

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Published: 15 March 2023

Tixall Wide visitor mooring to be closed from May to September

CANAL & River Trust state that visitor moorings on the Staffs & Worcs by Tixall Wide will be closed whilst towpath works are undertaken.

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Published: 13 March 2023

Easter Boat Gathering Festival

DOZENS of historic boats from across the country will congregate at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port this Easter for the annual Easter Boat Gathering Festival.

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Published: 13 March 2023

CaRT IS a Limited Company discovers Victor

AS TO all this palaver of what the Canal & River Trust actually is, it is just a matter of contacting Companies House—and you will discover—as I did!

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Published: 12 March 2023

Remaining silent on the 'charity' status

THE narrowboatworld article 'Canal & River Trust is not a charity' has caused much comment on social media.

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Published: 11 March 2023

Tragedy strikes twice

IT WAS in September last year that boater Gary Rothwell lost his narrowboat.

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Published: 11 March 2023

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  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
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  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
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  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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