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CaRT tells 6,000 responded to consultation

THE Canal & River Trust has stated that already there have been 6,000 responses to its boat licensing consultation received.

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Published: 12 November 2017

Not much good

I intend to have a Christmas trip on our boat, so to make sure our planned route was safe from stoppages I went on to the Canal & River Trust web page.

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Published: 12 November 2017

Sunday without Victor—he's on holiday

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Published: 12 November 2017

Towpath attacks at Hebden Bridge

THE police at Hebden Bridge want victims of towpath attacks, ot those witnessing them, to come forward after a spate of such attacks have been reported on social media.

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Published: 10 November 2017

Aire & Calder hydroelectric power plant opens

A MASSIVE hydroelectric power plant has been opened on the Aire & Calder Navigation at Knottingley, that it is stated will generate electricity for over 100 years.

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Published: 10 November 2017

More art for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

THE 'Super Slow Way', a programme of art for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, has been awarded a £1m grant by the Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme.

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Published: 10 November 2017

Changes to CaRT executive team

THE Canal & River Trust is announcing a number of changes to its executive team, seeking to simplify how it works as it aims to ensure a secure, sustainable and positive future for the waterways, it tells us.

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Published: 10 November 2017

Scottish canals doing well

FROM all accounts, the Scottish Government deciding that its canals should not go the 'charity' way has been a good decision, as they are in very good order.

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Published: 09 November 2017

CaRT not really trying

I have just had a search of your site about cyclists, and see that British Waterways were painting on towpaths way back in June 2009, so the recent 'new idea' of 'cut your speed' signs on the towpaths by Canal & River Trust is certainly not new writes Martin Banks.

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Published: 08 November 2017

Do something realistic about fast cyclists

I FIND it very alarming that walkers on the towpaths are being put in hospital by fast cyclists, yet CaRT do nothing about it, writes Alec Holmes.

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Published: 08 November 2017

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