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CaRT's 19 years backdated charges

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) attempts to hike up its surface water discharge income by introducing new agreements (CaRT goes crazy), has taken a bizarre new twist, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 February 2015

Out-of-control cyclists escalating

THE scourge of out-of-control cyclists is escalating day by day. The problem is across all cyclists but clearly the emergence of time trials along the system gives major cause for alarm, write Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 20 February 2015

A convenient reinterpretation

IT WAS Friday 13th and time to announce that anyone who does not—in the Canal & River Trust's opinion—comply with its guidelines for continuous cruising will not have their licences renewed, unless they agree to take a home mooring, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 20 February 2015

Seven more towpath time trials

THOUGH time trials on towpaths have been going on since last year, it is only recently that the cyclists realised they could use an app for their smartphones to accurately record their times, and so many more are now participating with time trials on the towpaths.

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Published: 19 February 2015

Excellent customer service

JUST over two weeks ago, narrowboatworld took Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to task for removing a Q&A session with Chief Executive, Richard Parry from its Facebook site (CaRT removes more information), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 19 February 2015

Discovery on Slough Arm

AN OLD rail track and tunnel have been revealed during canal maintenance works on the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 19 February 2015

Hear about the Chesterfield Canal

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has enabled people to learn about the canal by an Audio Post installed at its Hollingwood Hub centre on the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 19 February 2015

Leaks coming fast and furious!

YET another leak on a waterway has been announced, with the Worcester & Birmingham Canal now closed in Birmingham.

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Published: 18 February 2015

Still not in the public interest

OVER two months after being asked for information that would support the assertion that their was nothing in the Mayers judgment that changed CaRT's view of its guidance for boaters without a home mooring, the Trust is still unwilling to provide it or to admit that such information does not exist, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 February 2015

Swing bridge for the Oxford?

THE Oxford Canal—the waterway of lift bridges—is likely to get a swing bridge in the new plans for the development of Castlemill Boatyard.

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Published: 18 February 2015

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