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Sick joke caused police search

THE police in Birmingham responded to the report of a body in a canal, but discovered it was a sick joke.

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Published: 08 August 2019

Bugs to control invasive canal weed

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is enlisting the help of 1,000 tiny bugs to help control an invasive water fern which can clog the waterway and threaten other plants, fish and invertebrae.

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Published: 08 August 2019

No CART employees though torrents the previous evening

I HAD been videoing and photographing the situation [at Toddbrook Reservoir] since Sunday prior to the incident, writes Mrs. L Hartley.

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Published: 07 August 2019

Make-shift and inadequate repair of canal structure

Despite Richard Parry's response on national television that they had money for maintenance, writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 07 August 2019

Standedge Tunnel still closed

STANDEDGE Tunnel that was closed on Monday has still not been reopened.

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Published: 07 August 2019

How can it be taken to a higher level?

I AGREE with John Coxon that 'We need a full public enquiry into this incident and all the other failures of the system supposedly maintained by CaRT', writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 07 August 2019

Dismal maintenance in the full public eye

THE growing evidence against CaRT’s dismal maintenance of the dam is now in the full public eye, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 07 August 2019

Here come the excuses

I'VE HEARD heard some rubbish from CaRT but this really takes the biscuit, It now says: 'Toddbrook dam was inspected twice a week'! writes John Coxon.

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Published: 05 August 2019

Binned IWA subscription

ON FRIDAY I received my annual application for membership of the Inland Waterways Association, and have binned it, writes Joan Phillips.

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Published: 05 August 2019

Close the canal so nothing moves—okay for CaRT

CLOSING the whole of the Macclesfield Canal, the Lower Peak Forest Canal and the Upper Peak Forest Canal is, I think, nothing but a knee-jerk reaction, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 05 August 2019

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