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The time to worry

FOR the 100 or so residents moored at Sawley Marina on the Trent, with flood alerts for the three nearby rivers it is indeed the time to worry.

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Published: 14 December 2017

The BCN could run dry in 2018

THE main water supply to the Birmingham Canal Navigations is Chasewater Reservoir that was cut off earlier this year by Staffordshire County Council owing to the failure of a valve, that has left the water supply to the BCN in a perilous position.

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Published: 14 December 2017

Apprehension at Canal & River Trust

A LONG serving manager at Canal & River Trust tells us that there is great apprehension amongst fellow managers in fear of loosing their jobs at the Trust.

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Published: 14 December 2017

WRG camps for 2018

THE Waterway Recovery Group’s Canal Camp programme will feature 28 Canal Camps across 13 different waterways in 2018.

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Published: 14 December 2017

Protests of wide beam boats using Oxford Canal

BOATERS are complaining of the use of wide beam boats using the North Oxford Canal, that is built as a narrow canal with limited width.

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Published: 13 December 2017

London boaters say they are being forced out

RESIDENT boaters in London are taking to the media, including the BBC, to complain of Canal & River Trust's attitude towards them.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Summit reservoirs normal for time of year

THOUGH there are restrictions in force on the summit level at Tring on the Grand Union Canal, the water levels at Tringford Reservoir are good for this time of year.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Nothing new in checking moorings

Checking with mooring operators is nothing new for CaRT, or at least its predecessor, BW, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Free wood for boaters

THERE is a pile of timber by the old coal chute on the BCN Old Mainline should nearby boaters be interested.

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Published: 13 December 2017

CaRT pursuing 'continuous moorers'

IN AN obvious move to pursue 'continuous moorers', Canal & River Trust is asking mooring operators to submit details of the boats on their moorings.

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Published: 11 December 2017

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