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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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