LOCAL residents near a moorings on the Kennet & Avon Canal were so fed up with noise from the boaters that they contacted the local council, with a unique solution being found.
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THE recent problems highlighted in narrowboatworld concerning the plight of the disabled access gates on the towpaths (Little care for the disabled) shows that Canal & River Trust has little concern for the disabled, but it goes much further in CaRT actually allowing the banning of the disabled from its waters, as Mick Fitzgibbons writes:
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THE IWA Waterway Recovery Group carried out restoration work on the iconic Grade II listed Lady Capel's Bridge that spans the Grand Union Canal in Watford in the run up to and during the Waterways Festival.
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LAST Tuesday (9th July), I was working alongside the canal in Digbeth, Birmingham and noticed, along with others, that the level had dropped by at least five inches in under three hours. writes Ken Griffiths.
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NOT wanting to be a miserable cynic, but in response to Susan McLeod (Championing nature and art) I would just point out that there's a difference between CaRT 'investing in art', and a bunch of people on a quango trying to avoid under-spending on their budgets and only doing things when 'funding is available', writes David Davis.
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IT IS perhaps, little wonder that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) did not release its first Annual Report several weeks before its AGM, writes Allan Richards.
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THERE are many disabled boaters who encounter problems on the towpaths, with one, the well known Geraldine Prescott of the Cheese Boat writing:
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REVISING the charges for Business Boat Licensing, Canal & River Trust is proposing to withdraw the discount on charities and community boats, so such craft will see a 60% increase in their fees, writes Jimmy Lockwood.
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WHILE we know that in many places there is a problem with motor cycles racing on the towpath as well as cycles, the answer is the gate/stile etc, writes James Cookes.
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THOUGH we were told by Canal & River Trust that the repairs to Lock 21 on the Wolverhampton 21 would be complete around the 12th July this has now been extended to the 12th August.
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