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Little interest in CaRT council elections

BOATERS have shown little interest in nominating themselves for election to Canal & River Trust's Council and have also shown little interest in sponsoring those that have nominated themselves.

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Published: 14 October 2015

Braunston Elsan working again

THE Elsan at Braunston Service on the Oxford Canal is now back in working order, and can once more be used by boaters.

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Published: 14 October 2015

Teenager arrested over towpath attack

A teenager has been arrested in connection with an offence involving the attack of a woman cyclist on the Grand Union Canal in Birmingham.

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Published: 14 October 2015

200 years of the Worcester & Birmingham

ONE would think that such an iconic canal as the Worcester & Birmingham reaching such a momentous milestone of 200 years would be celebrated widely by CaRT, alas I have not witnessed anything of the sort, writes Gareth Haines.

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Published: 12 October 2015

Continuous moorers want permanent moorings

DRIVEN from overstaying on moorings instead of cruising as their continuous cruiser licences define, boaters have formed Hackney Boating Families and expect to have permanent moorings on the Lee at Hackney.

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Published: 12 October 2015

Pillings raises money for Cancer Research

WITH the help of good weather and no floods on the Soar, the season for the Pillings Lock Marina Cancer Research UK day boat was very busy, raising £360.00 for the charity.

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Published: 12 October 2015

Underspend on the underspend

A FREEDOM of Information document has revealed that Canal & River Trust is to spend £20 millions less on maintenance over the next three years than it has led Parliament to believe!

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Published: 12 October 2015

CaRT hit by spam and scam problems

THE Canal & River Trust's service of email stoppage notices is suffering from a spam and scam filter problem, writes Dave Stead.

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Published: 12 October 2015

Musings of a continuous cruiser

WELL, after six months of most of the summer sitting in a marina for the first time in some years (primarily to allow us to finish our major refit), we find ourselves once more back on the cut, writes John Howard.

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Published: 10 October 2015

Bodged installation killed boaters

A GAS safety engineer is on trial for manslaughter after his bodged boat installation killed his partner and her daughter while they slept.

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Published: 09 October 2015

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