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Burning lorry just missed waterway

A LORRY carrying fertiliser burst into flames as it crashed through the barriers of Rawcliffe Bridge over the Aire & Calder Navigation near Goole yesterday (Thursday).

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Published: 09 May 2014

Stoppages killing hire boating?

ARE THE days of the boat for hire coming to an end? Asks Mick Fitzgibbons.
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Published: 09 May 2014

A test case

I WRITE In response to Simon Greer's question, in narrowboatworld 'CaRT stole my boat. I want it back', as to who is to be the next boater to be left homeless by CaRT? Asks Pam Pickett.

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Published: 09 May 2014

Basingstoke Canal closed

THE Environment Agency has closed the Basingstoke Canal after the discovery of the toxic blue-green algae on the Hampshire section of the waterway.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Part of major film shot at Hull Marina

BOTH staff and berth holders at Hull Marina took centre stage late in April for the filming of a new major feature film, Girls' Night Out, starring Rupert Everett, Jack Reynor, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Broadband on the Scottish canals

THE internet company Highland Wi-Fi have rolled out Broadband along all the navigable Scottish canals.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Email: Plenty of moorings

David Harpin's comments about the lack of residential moorings sum up the situation about continuous cruising quite succinctly, but not I suspect in the way he intended.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Good weekend at Pillings

THE sun shined, the people came and the On the Water Weekend at Pilling's Lock Marina on the Soar was nothing short of a resounding success, Paul Lillie writes.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Oxford closed for a week

A FAILURE at Napton Flight on the Oxford Canal that cannot be complete at least until tomorrow (Friday) means the canal has been closed all week.

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Published: 08 May 2014

"CaRT stole my boat. I want it back."

DURING January the Canal & River Trust hit the headlines when it evicted a mentally ill boater 'Maggie' from her home with its Section 8 rules (CaRT admits mentally ill eviction), it having great repercussions. And Maggie is back in town—accusing CaRT of stealing her boat.

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Published: 08 May 2014

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