AN IMPORTANT consultation concerning the Liverpool Link by Canal & River Trust has led to complaints from waterway organisations that it has been 'kept in the family' with only the IWA being involved.
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JUST before Christmas, I was unexpectedly asked to take part in a Canal & River Trust (CaRT) regional customer service survey, writes Allan Richards.
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THIS really seems to be the day of reports of deaths in our waterways, as another one is of a woman who slipped into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal whilst feeding the ducks and drowned.
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THE Canal & River Trust has appointed Ian Rogers as its first permanent Head of Customer Services.
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IT HAS been calculated that 61 bodies have been dragged from the Rochdale Canal in Manchester in just six years, with it being believed a serial killer is on the loose.
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THE boaters at Willow Wren Wharf at Bull's Bridge were disturbed on Saturday morning by the police knocking on their boats as a body had been discovered in the waterway.
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THE case of the fire on a boat stored in a marina workshop whilst the owners were allowed to continue living on board, might well have significant knock-on effects, writes Mike Todd.
IN THE St Mary's Marina case, (Marina owner prosecuted over fire) the owner was prosecuted for failing to carry its statuary duty, i.e. carry out the required risk assessments and have an evacuation plan in place, writes Drew Hudson.
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THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is nearing the 60% mark for the appeal to carry out its first full restoration project on the waterway in Surrey.
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GREAT. Let's prosecute the marina owner. In fact, let's prosecute everybody for everything that could possibly cause injury or death to anyone anywhere at any time. (sarcasm off now) writes Mike Relac.
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