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Investigation still continuing into boat fire

THE authorities are still continuing their investigation into the narrowboat fire on Mill Stream at Oxford, with its cause still not known.

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Published: 16 March 2015

Cheap way of life

KEITH Gudgin is expecting flak as a result of his article 'Not too much to ask', and it is highly likely that flak will indeed be thrown in his direction from the continuous moorers he so accurately described, as they no doubt see their selfish and arrogant 'cheap' way of life under threat, writes Terry Ollerton.

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Published: 14 March 2015

Failures started

THE Summer season has not yet started, but the failures have, with the Kennet & Avon Canal already closed due to a lock failure.

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Published: 14 March 2015

Email: Schools and boaters

I must object to Terry Ollerton's email about key workers without a mooring sending their children to school.

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Published: 13 March 2015

Three bodies in canal

WITH the discovery of a man's body in the Leeds & Liverpool canal at Bootle, it makes the third such death in the area.

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Published: 13 March 2015

The hole is plugged

THE hole that appeared in the Worcester & Birmingham Canal near Gas Street Basin in Birmingham has now been plugged, with the canal open.
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Published: 13 March 2015

Intermittent cruising

REGULAR readers will know in the past I have tended to spend the busy month of August 'in hiding' on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 13 March 2015

Community Law Partnership on Mayers

FOLLOWING the failure and subsequent refusal of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to publish the Mayers judgment on its website, the Community Law Partnership has commented on the case, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 March 2015

Police investigating fire

THE police are investigating the fire of a narrowboat at Castle Mill in Oxford in which a man was injured.

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Published: 12 March 2015

Trent & Mersey open

AFTER the 'leak' from the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton that required major works, the waterway is now open to navigation.

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Published: 12 March 2015

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