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Solving Regents noisy boaters

FOR many months now there have been problems of continuous moorers taking over the limited moorings by Noel Road at Angel on the Regents Canal causing annoyance to local residents with Islington Council now stepping in.

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Published: 22 November 2013

Email: So little money

It concerns me to read that so little money is now being allocated to maintaining our waterways. As has been pointed out, we are left with a situation whereby the only option for the future lies with Canal & River Trust (CaRT), which has a charitable status.

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Published: 21 November 2013

Korea takes over Paddington property

KOREAN investors are taking over waterside properties, with the latest being the acquisition of Waterside House at Paddington Basin on the Regents Canal.

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Published: 21 November 2013

When only one is working...

THE Chesterfield Canal will be closed at Misterton at the start of the waterway owing to work needed to clear the ground paddle at Misterton Top Lock.

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Published: 21 November 2013

L&L repair reopens Monday

THE reopening of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal where the culvert failed at Rishton has been delayed again.

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Published: 21 November 2013

A real 'lockfull'

Whilst having a nosy around on a well know on-line auction site, I came across this postcard of the Boulter's Lock on the Thames, I assume taken in the early Edwardian period looking at the clothes being worn, writes Connie Dee.

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Published: 21 November 2013

BCN Explorer Cruises

AFTER the success of the two cruises last year it is the intention of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) to hold two cruises again in 2014 to encourage boaters to explore the Birmingham Canal Navigations, its Chairman Brenda Ward tells us.

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Published: 21 November 2013

Has a jinx struck CaRT again?

A YEAR ago the Co-operative Bank became a corporate partner of Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 21 November 2013

Continuous moorer—and caravan!

ONE boater is really pushing his luck too far by parking a great static caravan by his unofficial moorings on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan.

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Published: 20 November 2013

CaRT consultation launched

THIS morning (Wednesday) a consultation was launched to strengthen Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Council elections.

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Published: 20 November 2013

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