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Not very sensible

A MAN wanting to 'cool-off' jumped into the Trent in Burton-on-Trent, but it was not a sensible thing to do.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Boaters stuck on Liverpool Link

LACK of water on the Liverpool Link is preventing boaters navigating through Stanley Dock.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Hope to reverse angling decline

ACCORDING to Canal & River Trust the sales of junior rod licences has dropped by over a half during the past six years, so it has launched a campaign to attempt to reverse the decline.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Won year's free boating

IT WAS boater Mike Schofield from Lytham St Anne's who has won the competition open to British Waterway Marina Ltd (BWML) moorers of a free year's boating that included his moorings, boat licence, insurance and even a £300 chandlery voucher.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Reliable Shurflo

JUST to be 'balanced' on the side of no one, I have a Shurflo pump on my narrowboat and it is the second in use as a standard water pump, write Ian Egleton.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Needs improvement

GOOD to see that, as Ralph says, things have improved on the Trent & Mersey, writes Martin Cox.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Complain to the hire companies

MOORING at ‘the wrong places' isn't confined to Alrewas. It happens across the network, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 20 July 2016

Central Shires to go

THE Canal & River Trust has today (Monday) announced that Central Shires will go, its responsibilities 'being absorbed into the neighbouring East Midlands, West Midlands and Manchester & Pennine waterways.

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Published: 18 July 2016

Over two years waiting for refund!

IT WOULD seem that those at Canal & River Trust were very put-out at losing the case against Andy Wingfield (Concerns on the part of the Trust) and are hanging on to his money that it illegally took for moorings he did not have.

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Published: 18 July 2016

Alrewas mooring problems

I was most pleased to see that Kevin McNiff had highlighted the issue of boats mooring on the water points at Alrewas, which is too common an occurrence these days, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 18 July 2016

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