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Trust buys pub

THE Peterborough Arms by Dauntsey Lock on the Wilts & Berks Canal has been bought by the Wilts & Berks Canal to turn into a visitor centre.

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Published: 24 July 2014

Napton Locks unrestricted

IT WAS way back in May that the condition of Napton Locks caused boating restrictions to be imposed by Canal & River Trust, especially the state of Lock 10.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Charged with towpath murder

A MAN has been charged with the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath murder that took place last Thursday.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Swimmers close Pontcysyllte

THE  Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was closed yesterday as two men decided to swim its length holding up boaters wanting to cross.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Email: CaRT will not accept licence money

I am just writing to tell you of an experience we recently had with CaRT. I live on a narrowboat that my father purchased about four years ago and so the boat licence is registered in his name, now the main details are out of the way I'll move on with the story.

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Published: 23 July 2014

£350,000 for wildlife

IT IS certainly wildlife that is getting the money these days, with just under £350,000 being handed to Canal & River Trust to develop better environmental and community engagement on the waterway in Rochdale, Huddersfield and Birmingham.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Vegetation makes mooring impossible

I have just read David's (Into the Jungle) piece and I can only agree, writes Jenny MacGillivray.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Humans trump bird safety

MANY of you are agreeing with our David Hymers, and his article Into The Jungle, where he wrote about the problems of CaRT using wildlife as an excuse for not cutting back vegetation.

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Published: 23 July 2014

One done one to go

THE locks on the Bath Flight have been reopened after they were closed to navigation after a boat struck Lock 12.

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Published: 23 July 2014

New trips on the Chesterfield

THE the western section of the Chesterfield Canal may be cut off from the main system, but people can still take a boat trip along the restored section, with new ones started from the Hollingwood Hub.

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Published: 21 July 2014

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