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Young woman raped on towpath

A 23 YEARS old woman has been raped on the Rochdale Canal towpath in Manchester after she became separated from her friends after a night out in Canal Street.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Duchess takes the tiller

THE Duchess of Cornwall took to steering a narrowboat along a restored section of the Wilts & Berks Canal last week, to give publicity for an auction to raise funds for the canal Trust.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Problems with the new rules

I TOO was concerned when I first read the new Canal & River Trust terms and conditions with regard to Home Moorings, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Easy fit diesel engine tachometer

I HAVE just fitted a 'Tiny Tach' digital diesel engine tachometer to my narrowboat and I am rather pleased with the result, writes Keith Gudgin.
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Published: 20 March 2015

More spend on directors

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) are again advertising for a person to take over the remaining responsibilities of Simon Salem who is officially leaving in June 2015 but believed to be on gardening leave, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 March 2015

All in marinas

THE cat is fully out of the bag now. CaRT wants everyone in marinas, bar none, writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 20 March 2015

Idiotic new licence rules?

THE Canal & River Trust proposes on 1st April (wish it was an April Fool, but alas not) to amend the Boat Licence conditions so that boat licences will only be renewed if a mooring is available for the entire period of the licence, writes Stuart Field.

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Published: 20 March 2015

The funding gap

I FIND myself in complete agreement with Orph Mabel regarding the decline in maintenance on Canal & River Trust (CaRT) waterways (Halting the maintenance decline), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 March 2015

Five years of aggro

AFTER being on the canal system for 16 years, I can honestly say that this has been the worst five years of my life, thanks to CaRT, writes Sue Whyke.
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Published: 19 March 2015

Email: Start of our problems

Sitting with Nelly is only the start of our problems.  You have sat and learned from Nelly and you are deemed well enough trained so sent out on your own.

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Published: 19 March 2015

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  • Water, water, everywhere
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  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
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  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
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  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
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  • Two more 'winter works' added
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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
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  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
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