THE local council have made the 'dangerous' structure that closed the Garrison Flight safe, so the Grand Union Canal into Birmingham is now open.
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TALKING of CaRT's somewhat selective attitude to Health and Safety we recently went up Towney lock on the Kennet & Avon and I cannot see how this ever passed a modern risk assessment.
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AS A BOAT had been moored for a protracted length of time on Wroxham Broad on the Norfolk Broads, the authorities decided to investigate.
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TWO men have drowned in the Avon this month, making a total of eight men having died in the river since 2009.
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YOU may not agree with the policy of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA), but it certainly has Canal & River Trust 'on the ropes' with its enviable publicity campaign.
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TWO dogs have been discovered drowned in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal during May, obviously thrown in to be killed as weights were tied to them.
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THERE is a sunken boat in the Peak Forest Canal, but navigation is possible by the side of it with care.
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AS IS fairly well known we do not report on the myriad of awards given out by all and sundry, but a Queen's Award is indeed worthy of reporting.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the Environment Agency's continued purge against residents at Hartford Marina on the River Great Ouse, it was found to have no basis.
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CLOSING the Garrison Flight due to an unsafe building may seem sensible to the occasional boater but this decision needs to be put into context of the overall risk of boating throughout the year. Ralph Freeman suggests:
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