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Court confirms no long-term Thames mooring

THERE has been a landmark judgment at Kingston County Court confirming that the navigation licence fee payable by boat owners relates only to the right to pass along the Thames, and gives no right to long term or permanent mooring.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Swans attacked again

SWANS on the Thames are being attacked again by people with air guns, with Swan Support appealing to any boater who may have seen the shooting to come forward by ringing the police.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Stealing their fish

THE anglers of the Lee Navigation are upset because people are taking 'their' fish out of the waters to eat.

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Published: 23 November 2016

£50,000 for water voles

THE Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) have launched an urgent appeal for £50,000 to help save the water vole together with yellowhammers and red helleborines, a rare woodland orchid.

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Published: 23 November 2016

Five men jump into lock

BELIEVED to be under the influence of alcohol, five men jumped into a lock on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester, with two unable to climb the ladder to get out.

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Published: 21 November 2016

National Trust do it better

JUST  wanting to put in a positive word for the National Trust, who are the navigation authority for the Wey & Godalming Navigations, writes David Davis.

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Published: 21 November 2016

Santa cruises on the Chesterfield Canal

DURING the Christmas period the Chesterfield Canal Trust is running Santa Special cruises on four boats from five different venues.

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Published: 21 November 2016

Microbrewery for canalside pub

THE refurbishment of the Boatyard Inn at Riley Green on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to include a microbrewery.

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Published: 21 November 2016

CaRT forced to settle out of court

IT TOOK four years and thousands of pounds for Canal & River Trust to eventually admit it had lost the claim by a boater whose boat was hung-up in a lock causing it to sink.

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Published: 21 November 2016

Marina worker found dead

A WORKER at Aston Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal has been found dead on the towpath of the waterway at Meaford.

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Published: 20 November 2016

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