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Over double visits as National Parks!

THE Canal & River Trust claims to have double the visits per year to the waterways compared to all of the National Parks of the whole country put together!

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Published: 29 July 2016

Alan Campbell on the loose again

THE former boat burglar Allan Campbell is back in business again breaking into boats, and is wanted by the police for a series of thefts from boats in South Oxfordshire.

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Published: 29 July 2016

T&M closed at Shardlow

IT WAS five weeks ago that the editor of narrowboatworld reported that the bottom gates were out of alignment on Shardlow Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, with nothing done we discovered last Tuesday.

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Published: 29 July 2016

Enforcement officers find stolen boat

A BENEFIT of Canal & River Trust's enforcement team was shown when two of them were able to discover a stolen boat and re-unite it with its owner.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Vandalism closes Montgomery Canal

THE Montgomery Canal was closed yesterday, Wednesday, at Belan Locks above Welshpool 'until further notice'.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Rudder caught in gates caused sinking

THE woman that was on the boat with the man who died in Lock 5 on the Droitwich Canal tells that the boat's rudder had caught in the lock allowing water to pour onto the boat and sink it.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Set his boat on fire

A MAN who was converting a former lifeboat into living accommodation on the Thames accidentally set in on fire, needing the fire brigade to attend.
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Published: 28 July 2016

Email: Where were they?

Last week I did the 25 miles up the Trent from Keadby, which I was told was pronounced 'Kidby!' to Torksey then on the next day to Newark, outside the old BW offices, a further 19 miles.

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Published: 27 July 2016

Email: Impress the government

You really are forgetting that the Trust has to impress those who pay its way, which is the government.

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Published: 27 July 2016

There's a word for it

About the Canal & River Trust claiming 380 million visits to its canals and rivers, there is a word for it, Bull-Sh.t.
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Published: 27 July 2016

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