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Heads in the sand

CONCERNING the number of diesel retailers giving up the sale of the fuel after the varying tax increase, many blame the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators for the problem.

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Published: 04 August 2012

The shape of things to come?

OVER the whole system we hear of businesses stopping selling diesel to boaters, caused by a combination of the low profit margin coupled with increasing bureaucracy and the tax system.

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Published: 03 August 2012

Dangerous bank on T&M

BOATERS are warned not to get off their boats between Bridge 60 and Bridge 61 on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Armitage.

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Published: 02 August 2012

Them and us

ALL over the system boaters are noticing the difference between the parts of the waterways where there is easy public access and the parts that only the boaters see.

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Published: 02 August 2012

Sympathy for child's parents

MANY boaters have contacted us showing their sympathy for the parents of the two years old boy who drowned in the reeds of the Northampton Arm earlier this week.

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Published: 02 August 2012

New detailed G&S map

A NEW detailed and illustrated map of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal has been published giving information about the towpath in addition to the waterway.

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Published: 02 August 2012

You've left something behind mate!

THIS somewhat battered boat, being towed, finally gave up the ghost and sank on Derwent Mouth moorings on the Trent on Monday, but was simply left for others to clear.

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Published: 02 August 2012

Water taxi for football fans

A NARROWBOAT is making trips along the Coventry Canal transporting football fans to the Olympic football matches at Ricoh Arena.

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Published: 01 August 2012

Visit the canal—on Google!

THE Street Views introduced by Google recently have now gone one step further by including the waterways.

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Published: 01 August 2012

Toddler drowns in reeds

A TODDLER  has drowned in the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal, and was found in the reeds in the waterway.

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Published: 01 August 2012

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  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
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  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock

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