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Doubts over listed buildings in development

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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Published: 17 February 2016

Not 'stoppages' anymore!

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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Published: 15 February 2016

Not a housing association

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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Published: 15 February 2016

No Nottingham access to Trent

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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Published: 13 February 2016

Aire & Calder still closed

THE Aire & Calder Navigation that was put out of action by the December floods is still closed to boating.

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Published: 13 February 2016

No, No, No!

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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Published: 12 February 2016

How do they do it?

NICK BROWN representing continuous cruisers states his objection to the shortening of mooring time limits at Berkhamsted, Marsworth and Braunston writes Terry Oliver.

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Published: 12 February 2016

Objections to CaRT's proposed mooring rules

THE National Bargee Travellers Association is objecting to what it sees as draconian new mooring rule limitations by Canal & River Trust (CaRT) that severely restrict mooring times.
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Published: 11 February 2016

Another Bristol Avon body

FOLLOWING the death of two men in the Avon at Bristol who lost control of their car, it plunging into the river, another body has been discovered, this time unexplained.

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Published: 11 February 2016

James Brindley celebration

THIS year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Brindley, who is known as the 'Father of the English Canal System'.

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Published: 11 February 2016

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