ANGLERS so worried about their fish stocks in the Severn, and not allowed to shoot 'Keith' the seal, that is upsetting them so much, have now permission to remove it to the sea.
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THE Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) welcomes the news that there will now be no big increase in business boat fees for its members, and that the consultation has resulted in business boat licence costs remaining virtually unchanged.
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THE swingeing fee increases for charity boats that were proposed by Canal & River Trust (Resignations over CaRT 'charity boats' greed) will not now be enforced but will now be in common with increases for private boats.
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THE Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal is closed at Tinsley as a result of a failure of the pumps at Tinsley Flight.
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FOR many months now there have been problems of continuous moorers taking over the limited moorings by Noel Road at Angel on the Regents Canal causing annoyance to local residents with Islington Council now stepping in.
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It concerns me to read that so little money is now being allocated to maintaining our waterways. As has been pointed out, we are left with a situation whereby the only option for the future lies with Canal & River Trust (CaRT), which has a charitable status.
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KOREAN investors are taking over waterside properties, with the latest being the acquisition of Waterside House at Paddington Basin on the Regents Canal.
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THE Chesterfield Canal will be closed at Misterton at the start of the waterway owing to work needed to clear the ground paddle at Misterton Top Lock.
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THE reopening of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal where the culvert failed at Rishton has been delayed again.
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Whilst having a nosy around on a well know on-line auction site, I came across this postcard of the Boulter's Lock on the Thames, I assume taken in the early Edwardian period looking at the clothes being worn, writes Connie Dee.
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