THE Canal & River River Trust proposal to introduce draconian mooring restrictions at 22 sites in its South East Region is coming under increasing pressure, writes Allan Richards.
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In A MASSIVE and heartfelt act of support for Danny George, his family and his business, George's Pork and Poultry at Audlem, boaters have started a pledge fund to raise money to purchase the 'shed', Graham Phillips writes.
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IT TOOK 28 members and friends of the Inland Waterways Association Warwickshire Branch to clean out a length of the Grand Union Canal at Leamington Spa over a week-end.
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THE boss of Abingdon Access Scaffolding, Alan Joyce, is well revered by boaters on the Thames at Abingdon, as he has saved many boats from either being grounded or being washed downstream in the floods.
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THE Canal & River Trust trustee, John Dodwell, will be attending a meeting of Midlands boaters in Birmingham on Thursday 14th February, but it is already oversubscribed, so a second meeting is being arranged to accommodate those wishing to attend, writes Allan Richards.
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ANGLERS on the Severn around Worcester were so alarmed at the number of fish 'Keith the Seal' was devouring that they wanted to shoot it to protect their stocks.
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THE new high speed rail line between Birmingham and Leeds will greatly affect the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal, intersecting it in five places.
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THE problem with repairing waterway tunnels is for the workers getting to the work place and back, but there has been an unusual solution for the workers in Netherton Tunnel.
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THE National Association of Boat Owners realises that the Canal & River Trust mooring consultation document may disadvantage boat owners (Boaters petition against mooring proposals—7/2/2013), and believes there are many questions unanswered.
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