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Who is kidding who?

If, as Neil Barnett says, they had been chopping branches from the offside and had 'just moved over' to the towpath side with them, [Volunteers had cut larger branches] how come the workboat was empty!

My money is on Victor, as the picture shows it all.

Jim Cracken

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Published: 15 March 2018

No such thing as continuous cruiser licence

CAN we please stop all this nonsense regarding continuous cruiser licences? Asks Charles Hoogkirk.

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Published: 15 March 2018

Cam rowers loose court case against boater

ROWING marshals organising a rowing event objected to a narrowboat on the Cam at Cambridge, so seized it and then accused the boater of an attack.

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Published: 14 March 2018

Volunteers had cut larger branches

THE story in Victor on Sunday mistakenly told that only the towpath side had been trimmed, which was not the whole story, as Neil Barnett explains:

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Published: 14 March 2018

Council admits to polluting canal

SHEPWAY District Council has admitted to polluting a canal with hydraulic oil, endangering wildlife.

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Published: 14 March 2018

What you can burn on your stove?

WITH the controversy raging at this time concerning smoke from boat stoves, it is important you do not break the law.

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Published: 14 March 2018

A breath of fresh air from the IWA

I was most pleased to read that the IWA had complained about the new licensing proposals of CART, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 12 March 2018

'Leak' closes Leeds & Liverpool Canal

THE continuing leakage at a lock on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn has closed the waterway.

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Published: 12 March 2018

Complaining for the sake of it

I GET the distinct impression that Canal & River Trust is complaining about HS2 for the sake of complaining, writes James Henry.

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Published: 12 March 2018

Lee pollution still not cleared

THE pollution of the Lee Navigation at the end of January is still in effect, though most has been cleared.

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Published: 12 March 2018

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