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Canal rescues

THERE have been two waterway rescues over the past few days, with one an 86 years old cyclist and the other a drunk.

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Published: 14 May 2013

Now it's 112

THOUGH 999 has served us well for a very long time, Once dialled when you get through you have to explain the nature of the problem and location. You have to be accurate with location, writes Maffi.

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Published: 14 May 2013

That Chesterfield Canal emergency explained

THE article in narrowboatworld (Cart emergency service) concerning the man who fell into the Chesterfield Canal and caused  a furore about the emergency telephone number, has created more questions, to which its original author, Mick Fitzgibbons explains:

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Published: 13 May 2013

Changed name and licence

THE stolen boat, Samshiba, would not have been recognised by the lock keepers as Steve Hayes tells us it had travelled with a different licence and name.

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Published: 13 May 2013

Why concentrate on the trivial?

IF YOU read the full report [South East moorings] published last week, Jeff Whyatt, carefully I thought, said he had received many verbal and written comments about moorings, writes Jan Swatridge.

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Published: 13 May 2013

Many verbal complaints

So 'nobody in CaRT received a single complaint during 2011 or 2012 regarding difficulty in finding a mooring'? Asks Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 13 May 2013

Stolen boat found

THE narrowboat Samshiba that was stolen from its moorings at Kegworth on the Soar has been found, repainted and with other alterations—on the Fossdyke.

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Published: 12 May 2013

Whyatt in trouble

WITHIN hours of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) publishing a report following its South East Visitor Moorings Consultation, (Mooring consultation report) one of its authors has been brought to book on a Facebook site, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 11 May 2013

Flawed consultation states NABO

THE National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) have today (Saturday) stated that the Canal & River Trust's (CaRT) South East moorings consultation was flawed, and that its rules and charges are outside its legal ability.

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Published: 11 May 2013

Management in action

HAVING read Del Brenner's excellent piece I thought it worth while providing an illustration of what he refers to as 'British Waterways Management', in action, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 11 May 2013

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