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Boat and boater missing

THE police are concerned for the welfare of a missing boater who has not contacted his family for some weeks.

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Published: 19 June 2014

Damned if it does...

Moving unlicenced boats from its waters really is a case of damned if it does, damned if it doesn't for Canal & River Trust.
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Published: 18 June 2014

Will a membership scheme work?

I JUST cannot understand how Mick Fitzgibbons believes that Canal & River Trust can become a membership organisation, as it has absolutely nothing to offer, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 18 June 2014

Extra funding from Lottery

A FURTHER £50,000 has been awarded from the  People's Postcode Lottery this month to Canal & River Trust, bringing the total this year to £225,000.

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Published: 18 June 2014

Richard in the North West

THIS time Canal & River Trust Chief Executive Richard Parry was giving a questions and answers session at Burnley, covering the North West waterways:

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Published: 16 June 2014

Good service

Late in the evening we heard the water pump start up. It ran a bit longer than usual. A few moments later it started up again, then again then again, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 16 June 2014

Dredging the Trent & Mersey

THE Canal & River Trust has started to dredge the Trent & Mersey Canal between Stenson Lock and Swarkestone Lock in Derbyshire.

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Published: 16 June 2014

A Bernard

THE lock gates shelter at Warwick's Saltisford Canal Trust is just one of a number of improvements that have taken place in recent years, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 16 June 2014

Worse at Stenson

IT IS now even worse attempting to lock through the broad Stenson Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal.

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Published: 16 June 2014

Water shortage

TWO days without rain and there is a water shortage on the Rochdale Canal, with the summit pound locked up at 4pm.

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Published: 15 June 2014

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  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • 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
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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