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CaRT offices open longer

IT SEEMS that at last the people at Canal & River Trust are listening to its customers who have been complaining that it offices are often closed during the day.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Fast ride on the B&F

HERE is a fast cycle ride on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at 4:30pm in the afternoon between between Aston Junction and Salford Junction (under Spaghetti Junction).

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Published: 18 March 2015

Drunk steerer smashes into boats

A DRUNK steerer of a narrowboat caused havoc on the Shropshire Union Canal when she careered at full speed along the waterway smashing into moored boats and eventually ramming one head on causing thousands of pound worth of damage.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Sitting with Nelly

IN THE article (Symptom of a much larger malaise) Bill Ridgeway put his finger on the nub of one problem when it comes to inexperienced new graduates, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Three steps to heaven?

THERE are many views on what has now become a PR disaster for Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Leaving the waterways

THOUGH John Sergeant in the latest mockery of life on the waterways in the form of his television Barging Around tells us that there are more leisure boats on the waterways than ever before, we know it is untrue, as even CaRT figures clearly show they are declining.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Symptom of a much larger malaise

VICTOR charts various ways in which BW and now CaRT have wasted money over the years, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 16 March 2015

Clearing access to Titford Pools

MEMBERS of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) have been working to clear access to the Titford Pools, a canal reservoir which can be accessed, with difficulty by narrowboat.

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Published: 16 March 2015

Bone of contention

I entirely agree with John Morgan's comments (Schools and boaters) about the rights of boaters' children to attend school, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 16 March 2015

Nearly £30m for Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Nearly £30 million is being spent on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in a City Connect Scheme, but alas not for the waterway, but yet again for its towpath.

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Published: 16 March 2015

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