IT IS THE job function that is redundant not the person. So if volunteers are taking over those functions, the 'job' is clearly not redundant! Writes Ralph Freeman.
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IT NEEDED two lifeboats to rescue a narrowboat grounded on the Ribble Link as the tide went out. (Photo RNLI.)
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THE Canal & River Trust now insist that everyone using its web pages sign up for 'cookies'.
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THERE was one difference in our recent cruise—we spoke to many more boaters.
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THE opening times have been reduced for passage through Cromwell tidal lock on the Trent.
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After four years of preparation, work started this week to rebuild Schoolhouse Bridge.
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TWO narrowboats jammed in a tunnel needed emergency services to rescue the crews..
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THE regular keepers at Harecastle Tunnel are to be made redundant and replaced by volunteers.
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FOLLOWING the failure of the Twerton sluice gates on the Avon on Tuesday evening (15th Sept), River Canal Rescue has performed a logistical miracle, pulling teams and equipment together, at short notice, to recover 47 boats.
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THE lesser used Birmingham waterways are becoming strewn with rubbish.
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