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SUCH is the hostility towards Cam Conservators' employees patrolling the river in Cambridge, they are being issued with anti-stab vests.

IN HIS second article concerning the Canal & River Trust's SCADA system, Ralph Freeman explores whether, as it stands, it can replace lengthsmen/lock keepers when it comes to control of water levels in individual pounds?

ONE, Tim Parker, Chairman of Drifters Canal Boat Holidays, tells us 'Britain's beautiful 3,000 miles canal and river network is in better shape than ever so there's never been a better time to try a canal boat holiday'.

CONCERNED by the statements included in the feature by Vince Moran (Emergency telephone) published in narrowboatworld, Mick Fitzgibbons is prompted to reply:

THERE is an awful amount of confrontation going on around the Cut, both on and off it, most of which seems to be fuelled by blinkered (my opinion) views on aspects as varied as mooring, hire boating and canal maintenance, writes Orph Mable.

THE work on the breach of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton is making excellent progress, and the waterway will be open in time for the May Bank Holiday.

WE ARE concerned that the 'Major Hiring Problem' written by Martin Brooks from Milton Keynes may be partially directed towards 'The Wyvern Shipping Company' and so would like to make the following comments on behalf of Wyvern Shipping, writes its Managing Director, James Griffin.

THE Environment Agency has backed down again over its long running dispute over the future of its lock cottages on the Thames.

CANAL & River Trust has been shortlisted for an Institute of Fundraising (IoF) National Award, writes Allan Richards.

AFTER leaving Penkridge I discovered several data collection [SCADA] units, five in all, between Filance Lock and Compton Lock. That's compared with only one between Aston Marina and Penkridge which just shows the variation in the distribution of the units.

Having read the recent articles from James Cookes and Linda Andrews. It makes you wonder what Canal & River Trust is doing about these increasing problems, asks contributor Peter Ponting.