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CaRT's Council voting opens

THE voting for election to Canal & River Trust Council opens today, 11th November, enabling boaters to cast their votes.

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Published: 13 November 2015

Sunken boats will be cleared quicker

AT LAST Canal & River Trust has sorted out the problem of raising sunken boats in locks, by giving the contract to the company capable of doing it efficiently and quickly—River Canal Rescue (RCR).

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Published: 13 November 2015

Email: What we want

What Peter Ford omitted to include in his diatribe this morning against the Great Ouse Boating Association wanting Canal & River Trust to take over the running of the river from the Environmental Agency was that the Trust now have greater funding possibilities as a charity.

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Published: 12 November 2015

Email: No 'haven of peace'

To add my little bit to the noisy 'traditional' engines, will someone please tell me why those with such noisy engines have to have both side doors wide open so we can hear their racket?

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Published: 12 November 2015

The last thing they want

MY COMPATRIOTS of the Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA) seem hell-bent on the Canal & River Trust taking over its waters from the Environment Agency, but it really is the last thing they want, writes Peter Ford.

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Published: 12 November 2015

Teenager thrown into canal

AN ENGINEER threw an apprentice into the 'Rochdale Nine' in Manchester when he refused to fetch him cigarettes at a works party at one of the Canal Street bars.

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Published: 11 November 2015

Blunt warning about petrol generators

WITH  the death of two more people from carbon monoxide poisoning from petrol generators, comes a blunt warning from the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).

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Published: 11 November 2015

Braunston Elsan blocked again

THE Elsan facility at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal is once again out of order to boaters.

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Published: 11 November 2015

Santa cruises into Retford

SANTA started his rounds extra early this year when he arrived in Retford by Seth Ellis, one of the Chesterfield Canal Trust's trip boats.

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Published: 09 November 2015

Severe vandalism on Worcester & Birmingham

THERE has been, what can only be described as 'severe' vandalism on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal in recent days.

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Published: 09 November 2015

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