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CaRT's Head of Governance lends a hand

FOLLOWING a recent visit to Holme Lock on the Trent by Canal & River Trust's Head of Governance, Roger Hanbury, Darren Wood's licence was re-instated, this despite his licence having previously been revoked (Confused leisure boater) on the alleged grounds of ‘overstaying on a visitor mooring', writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 07 May 2014

Victor: You must be joking!

Would you believe the Environment Agency wants us all to believe that there are more accidents at locks where lock keepers are present than when they are not!

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Published: 04 May 2014

They will steal anything

IT IS difficult to understand how a banner advertising a canal day could be of use to a thief, but such has been stolen from a bridge on the Oxford Canal, Alan Tilbury tells us.

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Published: 03 May 2014

Flood warning boards

I HAVE had an email from Sean McGinley, East Midlands Waterways Manager, following my comments about the discrepancies in the Trent flood warning boards, writes David Hymers.

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Published: 03 May 2014

CaRT to encourage fair use of K&A

THE Canal & River Trust has now published its response to the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath mooring plan consultation, to attempt to encourage fair use of the busy stretch of the waterway between Devizes and Bath, and tells us:

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Published: 03 May 2014

'U-boat' boater charged with £1.1m VAT fraud

THE self-styled captain of a replica U-boat has been charged with £1.1million VAT fraud and money laundering, following a Customs raid on his replica U-boat narrowboat.

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Published: 02 May 2014

So who cares?

ACCORDING to Suzanne MacLeod. "A sensible and thought provoking piece." Probably putting into writing the thoughts of a great many boaters, writes Richard Tanner.

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Published: 02 May 2014

Armed police settle moorings row

A BOATER was so incensed at what he was being charged by a landlord for mooring his boat on the Beverley and Barmston Drain, that no only did he shoot at him and his wife but threatened to blow up their barn!

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Published: 02 May 2014

NABO undertaking enforcement survey

THE National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) is doing a quick sample of members to get a feel for their current views on enforcement prior to a forthcoming meeting with Canal & River Trust, and invite responses.

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Published: 02 May 2014

Progress in Staffs & Worcs towpath attack

POLICE are making progress in the hunt for the man who sexually assaulted a woman on the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Cookley.
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Published: 02 May 2014

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