THE ever increasing demand for 'cheap' housing on boats in London has prompted the Canal & River Trust to develop another mooring strategy.
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IN THE interest of balance in the area of enforcement on the southern Grand Union, I would like to share my recent experience of being boat-bound through illness over more than two weeks in the Milton Keynes area, writes John Howard.
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IT WOULD seem that canalside car parks are not too safe in some areas, with the one at Bulbourne being definitely one to give a miss.
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I'D LIKE to echo some of the statements made in the recent articles by James Henry and Ralph Thomason. Their missives certainly struck a chord with me, writes Ralph Freeman.
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SINCE early 2014 the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust have been trying to raise match funding of £500,000 to restore the warehouses and basin at Wappenshall Wharf, John Myers writes.
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THE driver of the car that crashed through railings into the Avon feeder canal in Bristol (Two drowned in Avon car crash) was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit and had been taking cannabis an inquest heard.
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THE stoppage notice in which Canal & River Trust described a lock closure as caused by 'boat damage', was in fact caused by a sunk boat where a disabled elderly lady nearly lost her life.
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IT WAS not employees from Canal & River Trust's law firm, Shoosmith's cleaning up the canals, but those from Burges Salmon who descended on Cain Hill Flight to spend a day cleaning.
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A YOUTH refused to clean up his vomit in the back of a taxi in Walsall, instead smashing its windows and a mirror and escaping by jumping in the Walsall Canal.
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THE canal towpaths are proving very unsafe places these days with the ever increasing number of attacks now being recorded.
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