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Record year of success!

THE Canal & River Trust has just released a statement entitled 'A record year of success for the nation's canals', telling of its wonderful work and how the canals are in better condition than ever.

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Published: 22 July 2015

How stupid can it get?

CAN you believe, but Canal & River Trust have now upped its visitor number into the stratosphere—attempting to have people believe there are now 400,000,000 visitors to its waterways in a year!

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Published: 22 July 2015

EA two days licence

I WISH to take issue with Ken Keegan's response to my price on the cost of an Environment Agency licence, writes Jenny MacGillivray.

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Published: 20 July 2015

Limehouse Lock work

SOME of the repair work to Limehouse Lock on the Thames has been carried out resulting in the marina being closed for three hours either side of low water, Kevin Whiles tells us.

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Published: 20 July 2015

Trent basin development

THE construction of Nottingham's new residential and community development has started at Trent Basin by the river in the city.

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Published: 20 July 2015

Railing for Marple Aqueduct

THE Canal & River Trust plans to install safety railings on the off-side of the Marple Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal.

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Published: 20 July 2015

Falling apart

WITH the holiday season started comes news of closure after closure of the waterways as its structures fall apart through lack of maintenance.
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Published: 20 July 2015

Converting a dog

FOR many years I was an anachronism on the canals being a dog-less boater! That has now changed, largely by chance; that's often the way on the Cut I find, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 July 2015

The sky's the limit

AS REPORTED in narrowboatworld, the numbers of visitors fell from 15 millions down to 10 millions when the Trust was first formed, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 20 July 2015

Victor: As expected

SO THE new Canal & River Trust waterways awards go as expected—to promote the Scottish waterways, whose people are complaining at being left out, and of course one for the Welsh waterways.

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Published: 19 July 2015

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