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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

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

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