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'U-boat' owner faces jail

THE self-styled U-boat captain Richard Williams, who launched his U-boat narrowboat on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been cheating the authorities of an estimated £1 million, and now faces jail.

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Published: 11 March 2015

Cyclist fined for speeding

A cyclist speeding at 41mph was 'clocked' by officers and fined that together with costs totalled £150.

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Published: 11 March 2015

Halting the maintenance decline

ALTHOUGH I have not been in a fit state to put down coherent sentences on paper over the last few months, I have been watching and reading many of the recent articles and emails on narrowboatworld, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 11 March 2015

They don't float

IT IS our Keith Gudgin who, telling us about still another car in the cut, remarks 'don't these drivers realise that cars do not float'!

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Published: 11 March 2015

How far

REGARDING the question of 'how far?', here are some comments from a boater that, for the last 12 years, has used a marina as a base and cruised the system for eight to ten months of the year, weather permitting, writes Ralph Freeman.
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Published: 11 March 2015

Email: BWML campsite

BRITISH Waterways Marinas Ltd running a campsite, explains why, when I left a phone message to reserve a pitch at BWML's Bath Marina/Campsite recently it took them nearly two weeks to phone me back, writes Amy Dickerson.

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Published: 09 March 2015

Move just over half mile

SO IT'S 15 miles a year to be classed as a continuous cruiser is it. So what does this change asks Keith Gudgin?

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Published: 09 March 2015

Nene boater fined

A NENE boater has been taken to court by the Environment Agency and fined for having an unlicenced boat on the river.

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Published: 09 March 2015

Poor communication strategy

WE EXPRESS our disappointment at the communications strategy of the Canal & River Trust around enforcement that has occurred in the short term following your appointment. [Of Ian Rogers Head of Customer Services],  writes Mark Tizard, NABO Vice Chairman and Moorings.

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Published: 09 March 2015

Canal search for missing student

THE Coventry Canal is to be searched for a student who went missing over six weeks ago at the end of January.

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Published: 09 March 2015

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