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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

"We will have to move around constantly."

BOATERS who have been on the the moorings at Richmond are complaining that now the council has been granted a bye-law to move them that they will 'have to move around constantly'.

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Published: 12 March 2015

Not too much to ask

IN AGREEMENT with Ralph Freeman who single handedly, has averaged 88.1 lock miles per month including winter months over the last three years, I too did a similar figure, that is not too much to ask a true continuous cruiser to do, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 12 March 2015

Range not distance

IT SEEMS reasonably clear that the guidance (not rules) that CaRT have issued refers to the cruising range, not cruising distance, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 12 March 2015

The Canstapo

THAT'S right, pity CaRT didn't do the maths before it opened its cavernous mouth and shoved both of its dirty great boots in it, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 11 March 2015

Email: Brilliant idea

The continuous cruising licence is a brilliant idea, for it allows genuine continuous cruisers to enjoy what they do without having to cough up £2'000 to £3,000/annum for a facility they don't require.

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Published: 11 March 2015

'U-boat' owner faces jail

THE self-styled U-boat captain Richard Williams, who launched his U-boat narrowboat on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been cheating the authorities of an estimated £1 million, and now faces jail.

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Published: 11 March 2015

Cyclist fined for speeding

A cyclist speeding at 41mph was 'clocked' by officers and fined that together with costs totalled £150.

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Published: 11 March 2015

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