Whaley Bridge warnings
Allan Richards report about the ‘drop in’ sessions at Whaley Bridge typify, in my experience, the attitude of Public Undertakings to cower behind the 'abusive' behaviour pretext, writes Martin Howes.
Whaley Bridge residents warned
THE Canal & River Trust is to extend its weekly drop-in sessions at Whaley Bridge but has warned residents that its employees and volunteers should not have to suffer abusive and aggressive language or behaviour, writes Allan Richards.
Nature versus narrowboats
THE Canal & River Trust has a difficult job trying to balance the interests of nature against the main purpose of canals, which is a means of navigation, writes Dave Hargreaves.
CaRT director published my personal information
I WANT to warn anybody requesting information from Canal & River Trust via whatdotheyknow.com, writes Fredrik 'Freddy' Brown.
No longer showing start date of stoppages
I STOPPED the stoppage notices from CaRT when we cut down on our cruising as no longer necessary, writes Les Collins.
Boater taken into custody in Castleford stand-off
THE boater who threatened to blow up his narrowboat in Castleford has been taken into custody.
Police response as boater threatens to blow up narrowboat
THERE was an evacuation in Castleford yesterday as a boater threatened to blow up a narrowboat.
A law unto itself
I HAVE been involved with a Freedom of Information request that took twice the allowed time to respond to, writes James Henry.
Denham Lock still closed
DENHAM lock (87) on the Grand Union Canal is still closed as the problem has not yet been fixed.
Who tells CaRT about stoppages?
LOOKING at the picture of the Cherwell flooding into the Oxford Canal it is obviously not navigable, writes T Lang.