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Which Tesco?

THERE is a rather ridiculous stoppage notice in Waterscape this morning (Friday), it leaving boater Keith Gudgin to ask: 'Where does CaRT get it's staff from?'

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Published: 14 June 2013

At odds with each other within CaRT

I READ an article published on the CaRT website about fly tipping that was taking place on the canal near Goole, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 14 June 2013

Charge for using Middle Level locks

THERE are proposals for a Bill to enable the Middle Level Commissioners to charge boaters for using the locks on the Fenland canals.

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Published: 13 June 2013

Canal College starts

Falkirk Provost Pat Reid joined the first young volunteer participants of Canal College at The Falkirk Wheel on Tuesday 11th June to celebrate the official start of the trailblazing canal-based skills training programme which will run for the next two years.

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Published: 13 June 2013

Does CaRT care anymore?

I'VE ALWAYS said praise where praise is due and this time it is due to Upton Council for listening to the people on the ground, or in this case—on the water, who know, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 13 June 2013

Why one lock different?

If there is just one lock failure on the Aylesbury Arm, I for one will be happy, as happy as I will be if that is the only failure country wide, writes Maffi.

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Published: 13 June 2013

Stephen Fry backs Broads

THE new Love Your National Parks celebration, launched this week, has the backing of celebrity and Norfolk resident Stephen Fry.

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Published: 12 June 2013

Failure to publish minutes

A FORMAL complaint has been made that Canal & River Trust's trustees are failing to ensure that minutes of Board meetings and associated documents are being published, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 12 June 2013

Collapsed lock had weaker walls

I DON'T know how much Maffi actually knows about the collapse of that lock on the Aylesbury Arm, other than speculation, but apparently specialists who have inspected the damage are most surprised to find that its construction is very different from others on the Arm, writes Alan Fincher.

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Published: 12 June 2013

CaRT's Upton moorings decision thrown out

UPTON Town Council have vetoed the decision by Canal & River Trust to prevent boaters using the moorings on the Severn at Upton.

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Published: 12 June 2013

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