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Stumbling along

CANAL & River Trust (CaRT) is carrying out a consultation to review elections to its Council, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Broads have lowest increase

THE Broads Authority has decided its increase in boat fees for large motor boats by only 1.2% next year, and those of the struggling hire industry even less.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Vote for a boat—0871 626 88 34

THE Youthful Venturer Narrowboat Project (YVNP) is asking boaters to ‘phone in' today and support its bid for a grant from the Peoples Millions, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 November 2013

User group strategy

THE general 'annoyances' on such as narrowboatworld, facebook and other sites relating to the canal network are about continuous cruisers, the state of the canals and CaRT in general. (And many other petty consensuses of opinions) writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Still they come

Plans have been submitted for yet another marina—again on the already overcrowded Llangollen Canal, and at Wrenbury where there is already another being applied for.

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Published: 24 November 2013

Buckland Lock reopens

BUCKLAND Lock 12 on the Aylesbury Arm, being known as the 'banana' lock due to its shape when it collapsed during April of this year was reopened today, Saturday.

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Published: 23 November 2013

Keith must go!

ANGLERS so worried about their fish stocks in the Severn, and not allowed to shoot 'Keith' the seal, that is upsetting them so much, have now permission to remove it to the sea.

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Published: 23 November 2013

APCO welcomes business boat decison

THE Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) welcomes the news that there will now be no big increase in business boat fees for its members, and that the consultation has resulted in business boat licence costs remaining virtually unchanged.

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Published: 23 November 2013

Climb-down on charity boat fees

THE swingeing fee increases for charity boats that were proposed by Canal & River Trust (Resignations over CaRT 'charity boats' greed) will not now be enforced but will now be in common with increases for private boats.

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Published: 22 November 2013

Pump failure closes canal

THE Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal is closed at Tinsley as a result of a failure of the pumps at Tinsley Flight.

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Published: 22 November 2013

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  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
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  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
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  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
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  • Keadby Lock is still closed
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