THE Canal & River Trust Trustee, John Dodwell has asked if he may respond to some recent items contained in narrowboatworld, to which we have acquiesced.
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BOAT Safety Scheme Examiners who are members of the Nationwide Alliance of Boat Surveyors & Examiners (NABSE) are concerned that boat owners are largely unaware that elements of the Boat Safety Scheme Examination will change on 1st January 2013.
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THE construction of a long stretch of towpath on the Oxford Canal into a cycle track near the city, has been scuppered as water voles have been discovered nearby!
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THE thief who broke into two narrowboats moored at Lapworth on the Grand Union Canal and also then robbed two boys on the towpath has been jailed for two years.
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SOME boaters feed the ducks, but other torment them, and for the latter at Canary Wharf on the Thames the ducks are out for revenge.
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Having worked on charity committees in the past, the charity has no legal obligation to provide minutes of meetings. What legalities the ex British Waterways had, no longer exist, since it became a charitable organisation, writes Peter Ponting.
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DURING Autumn at Barton Turn Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, water was leaking into the lock chamber from under the concrete cill at the head of the lock.
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GETTING near to the holiday season, people—our contributors included—are becoming more and more involved with its activities, and so there is an obvious reduction in updates.
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TWO teenagers aged 14 and 15 have been charged with alleged assaults against pensioners and others including cracked ribs and a shattered kneecap.
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DESPITE assurances, Canal & River Trust's record on openness is already in tatters, writes Allan Richards.
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