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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AFTER the success of the two cruises last year it is the intention of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) to hold two cruises again in 2014 to encourage boaters to explore the Birmingham Canal Navigations, its Chairman Brenda Ward tells us.
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A YEAR ago the Co-operative Bank became a corporate partner of Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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ONE boater is really pushing his luck too far by parking a great static caravan by his unofficial moorings on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan.
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THIS morning (Wednesday) a consultation was launched to strengthen Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Council elections.
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ONE of the aspects that makes comparisons [in visitor numbers] harder is the length of the visit, suggests Mike Todd.
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