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Volly Lockies—the rare bird on the waterways

Volunteer Lock Keepers—Volly Lockies—as they shall be known, are indeed a rare bird on the the waterways, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 08 March 2014

Dirty work afoot?

Contractors Land & Water are at present taking core samples from the ground outside Pillings Marina entrance—exclusive photo above. Does this mean that Land & Water will be undertaking CaRT's 'dirty work' in blockading the marina entrance?

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Published: 07 March 2014

Pillings Marina to be transferred

OWNERSHIP of Pillings Lock Marina will be transferred from Quorn Marina Properties (QMP) to a phoenix company three weeks before Canal & River Trust (CaRT) carries out its threat to blockade the marina, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 07 March 2014

Roving permits scrapped

THE Canal & River Trust has reluctantly concluded that roving mooring permits, which it was proposing to introduce in two local areas from April 2014, cannot be used to deal with localised issues of mooring congestion on the waterways.

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Published: 07 March 2014

Taking lock keepers jobs

IT MAY be correct what Caroline Killeavy of the Canal & River Trust says that no paid permanent lock keepers have been made redundant because they were to be replaced by volunteers, writes Ian Waters.

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Published: 07 March 2014

Marina builders caught out

I am not sure that Allan Richards is being entirely fair to British Waterways in his article. Quite frankly I am not surprised by the optimism displayed in 2006 by the British Waterways New Marinas Unit, writes Tony Collins.

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Published: 07 March 2014

Celebrities do not get paid

JOHN Howard asks if the Canal & River Trust pay celebrities. I can assure him that Penny Smith and Brian Blessed were paid precisely nothing for their help, Caroline Killeavy from the Trust tells us.

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Published: 06 March 2014

stolen boat on weir

A NARROWBOAT stolen from moorings on Zouch Cut on the Soar was later discovered trapped on Kegworth Deep Lock weir.

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Published: 06 March 2014

BWML leads marina meltdown

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) flagship Sawley Marina on the Trent at Long Eaton is leading the meltdown of inland marina berth occupancy, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 06 March 2014

Man jailed for polluting Erewash Canal

A DIRECTOR of a recycling company was given an eight months jail sentence, yesterday (Tuesday) and his company fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £7,500 in costs for polluting the Erewash Canal.

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Published: 05 March 2014

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