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Time it was moved

IN JUNE last year, the then British Waterways employees and other boaters reported a vessel that seemed to have been abandoned,  located at the entrance to the top lock in the Tinsley Flight and the entrance to Tinsley Marina, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 07 January 2013

Give the 'Hijacking' a rest

IF WE are going to give the discussion/argument between continuous cruisers and marina moorers a rest for a while perhaps we can do the same for the continual debate about the Inland Waterways Association 'hijacking' the Canal & River Trust Council, writes, Peter Early.

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Published: 07 January 2013

Nine boats burgled

THE number of narrowboat boats broken into on the Oxford Canal has reached worrying proportions, with the police no nearer in apprehending the thieves.

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Published: 07 January 2013

A matter of economics

I thought some comments on Allan Richards' fascinating report about Paul Lillie's travails at his Pillings Lock Marina would be in order, writes David Collins.

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Published: 05 January 2013

Marina for the Llangollen

THERE are proposals for yet another marina on the Llangollen Canal, this time on the Ellesmere Arm.

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Published: 05 January 2013

Underhand snoopers are IWA!

THE mystery of the 'enforcement officers' who take photos of boats on Canal & River Trust waterways but run away when challenged, can now be revealed by narrowboatworld.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Landslip closes Grand Union

A LANDSLIP from an embankment on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal has blocked the waterway for 200 feet.

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Published: 04 January 2013

The waterways suffer

RAY Robinson is correct that the architect of the failure of Defra to pay the farmers their single farm payments in time was indeed our caravaning friend, Mrs Beckett, writes Tony Collins.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Two believed drowned

TWO people are believed to have drowned on New Year's Eve in Manchester waterways after nights out.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Tidal Trent still in flood

SUCH is the flood level of the Tidal Trent, that its bridge at Dunham was still closed yesterday (Wednesday).

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Published: 03 January 2013

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Latest

  • Hope to have lock repaired in two days
  • Advance tickets available for Crick Boat Show
  • Two more winter works cancelled
  • Still no access on or off the tidal Trent at Keadby
  • Repair needed now for deteriorated lock
  • Cannot find the source of diesel spill
  • Reviewing the Review
  • Bogus trust man gaining entry to boats
  • The trust is taking on the commission's recommendations
  • Birmingham summer gathering of boats
  • Lack of oxygen kills Kennet & Avon Canal fish
  • Staffs & Worcs closed until May
  • Open Day to review Chesterfield Canal Lock repair
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled

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