THERE appears to be an antipathy towards liveaboard boaters in some quarters, the IWA in particular springs to mind, writes Ralph Freeman.
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A MILE of the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester has been adopted by the Richmond Court Homeless Shelter.
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HER Royal Highness The Princess Royal will officially open the Dudley Canal and Tunnel Trust's new visitor centre ‘The Portal' next month.
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THE Inland Waterways Association Canal Cavalcade will be held this year during the Early May Bank Holiday, and as usual at Little Venice on the Paddington Arm.
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A NEW development scheme will see the demise of a number of Grade II listed buildings in a conservation area by the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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OBVIOUSLY worried about the ever increasing number of stoppages on the system, often caused by lack of maintenance, Canal & River Trust is no longer calling stoppages 'stoppages', but 'opportunities'!
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WHILST Gareth Haines points to an increasing number of residential boaters, I do not think that, if it is as true and dynamic as he states, I do not see that it necessarily confers upon Canal & River Trust the responsibilities of a housing association, writes Martin Howes.
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WORK now underway to the sluice adjacent to Meadow Lane Lock means that there is no access to the Trent to or from Nottingham.
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THE Aire & Calder Navigation that was put out of action by the December floods is still closed to boating.
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WE ALLOWED Nick Brown of the Bargees Association to have his say regarding the proposals for new mooring regulations and published the first reply we received.
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