THE Canal & River Trust's marina subsidiary, made a loss of £877,642 during its 2014/15 financial year, that compares with a small profit of £77,210 in 2013/14 and a much larger profit of £402,305 in 2012/13.
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IT HAS been agreed by the Environment Agency that it will partially reopen the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, that is at present closed, today, Wednesday, between 8.00am and 4.30pm.
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SUCH has been the demand for answers from boaters affected by the complete closure of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal that Canal & River Trust is left with no option but to meet the boaters concerned.
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Further to Gareth Haines piece on this subject, as a Marina user I take offence to his assumption on this subject.
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Further to Gareth Haines' Let the rats do the racing, it's not the speed per se of passing boats, it's the water displacement that's the problem.
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THE stoppage saga continues, but this time we were not so lucky. Having waited at Wigan for them to finish the repair to Poolstock Top Lock we received an email to the effect that the Bridgewater was now shut for three weeks at Old Trafford while they demolished a building.
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THREE men on a night out at Liverpool Dock decided to have a swim in the water, but it ended tragically as one drowned.
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IF YOU are boating on the Thames at present, beware of a giant inflatable pink dog that is accompanying a team that are swimming the length of the Thames from Lechlade to Putney.
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ANOTHER busy summer and I have noticed a marked increase, year on year, in the speed that some boaters travel at. What is more annoying is the speed that some deem appropriate for passing moored boats, writes Gareth Haines.
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