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Fire closes Leicester GU

A MASSIVE fire yesterday (Monday) by the Grand Union Canal at Belgrave in Leicester caused the Grand Union Canal to be closed to navigation by the police.

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Published: 29 December 2015

National Users' Forum

THE dates for the next two meeting meeting of the National Users' Forum have now been decided.

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Published: 24 December 2015

Email: Pension reality check

CaRT employees, welcome to the real world. You are having to face up to the cold stark reality of pension provision, as will the remainder of the public sector employees before much longer.

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Published: 24 December 2015

Car park style moorings enforcement

AFTER what the Environmental Agency state was a successful pilot scheme, it has given a contract to the country's largest car park enforcement company to put an end to boaters overstaying at 24 hours mooring sites on the Thames.

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Published: 24 December 2015

Boat sunk just under surface

THERE is a sunken narrowboat around two feet under the water on the Soar that is an hazard to navigation.

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Published: 23 December 2015

Email: Happy with the situation

Hello all. A rare email here from Granny Buttons (in regretful hibernation), writing strictly in a personal capacity.

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Published: 23 December 2015

Not hated!

Mooring with a centre line should not be frowned upon, or hated, though everyone is entitled to their views! Writes Kevin McNiff

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Published: 23 December 2015

That's how it's done!

I THINK I have possibly found a very large group of the CaRT visitors to the waterways, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 21 December 2015

No confidence in CaRT

LESS than 7% of eligible boaters voted in the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Council election according to the Electoral Reform Society.

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Published: 21 December 2015

Council election results

THE Canal & River Trust has announced the results of the voting to elect new representatives for its Council, with each elected candidate taking up their voluntary post for four years starting in March 2016.

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Published: 21 December 2015

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