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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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THE '14 days' term enshrined in the 1995 Waterways Act, and interpreted with much ado and in ever-decreasing circles by CaRT, is something that very few people indeed care about, writes Suzanne MacLeod.
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A TOWPATH attack has taken place at Cookley near Kidderminster on the Staffs & Worcs Canal where a woman suffered a serious sexual assault.
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