THE Director of Pilling's, Roy Rollings, has informed the berth holders at Pillings Lock Marina that after successful talks an agreement has been reached with Canal & River Trust, with a new Network Access Agreement being agreed.
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WORK has begun on the next phase of the development of Staveley Basin on the Chesterfield Canal, with contractors beginning work to build wing walls of a new lock to support its road bridge.
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BRITISH Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) has appointed Jeff Whyatt as its new managing director with effect from 28th April 2014. The appointment arises from the imminent retirement of Derek Newton.
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THOUGH a director of the new company owning Pillings Lock Marina has made it clear he will abide by a new Network Access Agreement, Canal & River Trust is still threatening to blockade the marina.
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IN RESPONSE to Ronnie Colman (Their own rules), the Kennet andAvon Boating Community web site was launched in 2009 to support and inform boaters without home moorings on the K&A regarding their legal rights, writes Pamela Smith.
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COMING up Watford Locks in the rain and single handed I was pleased to receive assistance from a volunteer lock keeper and a kind lady from the boat behind.
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WORK has now commenced on dredging the Daw End Branch of the Wyrley & Essington Canal, known to boaters as the Curly Wyrley due to its many twists.
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LIFE saving equipment has been stolen from the Severn Area Rescue Association base in Kidderminster.
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THE closure of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Lock 55 at Blackburn should be lifted by this coming Friday afternoon, Keith Gudgin tells us.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have quietly introduced a concept of ‘ghost moorers', and that is why Ralph Freeman and Tony Dunkley are being treated as 'continuous cruisers' rather than as boaters who have 'home moorings' writes Allan Richards.
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