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New jobs for volunteers

IN ADDITION to their main tasks of helping boaters through locks and litter picking, volunteers along the Calder & Hebble Navigation have a new task.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Opportunities for Scottish Canals

WITH  the renaming of British Waterways to Scottish Canals in Scottland, the transport minister there believes their revival will offer 'real opportunities, not only for recreation and regeneration, but for the wider economy as well'.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Sponsor for Middlewich show

THIS year's Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival has been secured by the help of the local supermarket.

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Published: 08 May 2013

'Out in the sticks' thieves

IT IS not only in the towns and cities where boats are being broken into, but on rural waterways 'out in the sticks'.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Parry's pension

THE appointment of Richard Parry as Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) once again raises the controversial issue of directors remuneration within the Trust, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Cruiser explosion

SUCH was the force of an explosion in a cruiser moored at Sharpness on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, that the force threw a woman overboard.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Takes some believing

IT TAKES some believing that cover of the booklet by Canal & River Trust in your Victor column advertising the famous Bingley Five Locks, writes James Henry.

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Published: 06 May 2013

Have a look Richard

WE ARE getting many remarks concerning the appointment of the new chief executive officer of the Canal & River Trust, Richard Parry.

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Published: 06 May 2013

Visiting the Ashby

BOATER visiting the Ashby Canal and hoping to stock up at Stoke Golding will be disappointed to find that the village shop has closed, Ian Reid writes.

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Published: 06 May 2013

Welcome for Richard

WHAT a pleasant surprise to read of Richard Parry's appointment! Writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 06 May 2013

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