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David: Vegetation (again)

WALKING and cruising the canals recently I have noticed some evidence that CaRT are beginning to tackle some of the vegetation issues that have been annoying many of us for so long.
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Published: 10 November 2016

Email: Is K&A closure legal?

Presumably CaRT need a legally valid reason to close a navigation? Any closure should also be no longer than necessary.

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Published: 09 November 2016

Beating the floods

A HOUSE has been developed by the company Larkfleet that beats the floods by being able to rise on jacks.

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Published: 09 November 2016

Man arrested over canal body

THE body of schoolgirl Lindsay Jo Rimer was discovered in the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge 21 years ago, with no one arrested—until now.

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Published: 09 November 2016

MP supports the Trust

THE Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne and Shadow Education Secretary, has signed up as a 'Friend' of Canal & River Trust, after a fact-finding visit to the Tame Aqueduct repair project on the Peak Forest Canal.

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Published: 09 November 2016

WRG Bonfire Bashes

THE Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) held its Bonfire Bash on both the Chesterfield and Cromford canals at the start of November, with over 70 volunteers coming to the annual weekend events.

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Published: 09 November 2016

K&A closed with no explanation

THE Canal & River Trust have closed 16 miles of the Kennet & Avon Canal to navigation with no real explanation.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Seats for the Grantham

THE Grantham Canal Society has been awarded an opportunity by the Aviva Community Fund to undertake a new project along the canal, but to get the money, it needs as many people as possible to vote for the project.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Dublin's canals closed indefinitely

TWO of Ireland's most popular canals in Dublin—the Grand Canal and Royal Canal have been closed indefinitely.

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Published: 07 November 2016

Abbey Park canal-side development

PASSING through Abbey Park on the Grand Union Canal in Leicester is to become yet another cruise through a massive housing development.

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Published: 07 November 2016

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