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A little more openness

So, there you go John Dodwell. Not so hard to inform the boating fraternity of the facts, writes Steve Jenkin.

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Published: 08 October 2012

Plants on towpaths

NOTWITHSTANDING all the complaints from boaters of the ever encroaching vegetation over the waterways, the Canal & River Trust's latest scheme is to plant more.

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Published: 08 October 2012

Killer shrimp in Severn

THE invasive Dikerogammarus villosus, commonly known as the killer shrimp, that was discovered in the Broads earlier this year has now been found in the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and the Severn.

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Published: 08 October 2012

Girl jumped in canal to escape attacker

A 15 YEARS old girl, grabbed by an attacker on the Union Canal towpath  in Edinburgh jumped into the canal to escape.

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Published: 08 October 2012

A bit of calm

THOUGH there is criticism of the contents of John Dodwell's article, (CaRT trustee answers NbW reports) Kathryn Dodington remarks that it brings a bit of calm to what seems to her to be a bit of 'CaRT Bashing', and writes:

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Published: 08 October 2012

Email: Objection to donation

I can see the reason as explained by John Dodwell for the appeal for funds for repairing the breach on the Trent & Mersey Canal, for it will leave more money for other things.

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Published: 07 October 2012

Email: Selective reporting

I wonder how many of your readers took the John Dodwell article at its face value?

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Published: 07 October 2012

Email: Fine the hire companies

Well done to Canal & River Trust for getting the Caen Hill flight of locks open so quickly.

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Published: 07 October 2012

Email: Not demeaning

I was open-mouthed at the comments from Peter Hoggins, who seems to think that litter picking is demeaning. Who does he think he is? People who clean and sweep up after others are human beings worthy of respect too!

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Published: 06 October 2012

Caen Hill re-opened this morning

THE narrowboat sunk in a lock on the Caen Hill Flight has now been re-floated and removed with the flight re-opened this morning (Saturday).

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Published: 06 October 2012

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