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Email: Boat show numbers

Do you think that perhaps CaRT is calculating those hundreds of millions of visitors by multiplying the number at boat shows?

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Published: 15 April 2016

Swing bridge operational

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal Methodist Swing Bridge (15) at Maghull is now operational again.

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Published: 15 April 2016

This is ridiculous

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has now released a new figure of the visitors to its waterways during 2015, that is impossible to believe.

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Published: 14 April 2016

A sorry tale of CaRT's incompetence

THIS is a summary of what has happened to my boat Tadworth, (the historic big Northwich motor) writes Richard Churchill.

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Published: 13 April 2016

An effective use of charitable funds?

I HAVE received several comments in past months that CaRT is very generous in its use of charity funds, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 13 April 2016

Stranded on Severn weir

A BOATER lost control of his narrowboat at Diglis Lock on the Severn with it smashing into the weir boom, from where he had to be rescued.

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Published: 13 April 2016

More closures

THOUGH only Wednesday, there are two more closures on the system already this week and Braunston Elsan disposal is blocked again, Keith Gudgin reports.

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Published: 13 April 2016

Dragons on the Leeds & Liverpool

TWO dragon boat crews are taking on the whole length of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in an endurance race to raise funds for volunteers to transport vital medical supplies between hospitals.

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Published: 11 April 2016

More engineers at River Canal Rescue

DESPITE losing its premises, stock and membership documents in a neighbouring firework factory fire in October 2014, River Canal Rescue (RCR) continues to go from strength to strength, having recently appointed four additional engineers and three office-based staff.

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Published: 11 April 2016

Can make more money

IT IS disingenuous for Vibrant Partnerships to suggest that the Spring Lee Cruising Club is being shut down due to antisocial behaviour (Antisocial behaviour caused club house closure) writes Simon Thorpe.

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Published: 08 April 2016

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