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Anglers want to shoot seal

THE seal that lives in the Severn around Worcester is causing controversy as the anglers want to shoot it as it is feeding on 'their' fish.

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Published: 10 June 2013

The Ark on L&L Canal

ANOTHER boat based art project—named the Ark, that is cruising the Leeds & Liverpool Canal showing films about people that have connections with the area around the waterway.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Stopping the engine noise

The obvious answer to this [engine and generator noise] is more electricity pillars, writes  Pete Earley.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Charge for TV information

Tell them nothing is sound advice, [demands for information concerning television licence], writes Ian Reid.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Problems with 'emergency' number

Yet again I am flabbergasted to read about what happens when someone dials the CaRT 'emergency' phone number.

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Published: 10 June 2013

That 'emergency' number

I HAD a similar experience to Orph's many years ago [using the emergency telephone number] when I phoned British Waterways after hours to report very high water levels at Cookley on the Staffs and Worcs, writes Graham Booth.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Mooring restrictions not legal

THE fallout from the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) South East Visitor Moorings consultation continues, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Cruiser sinks in Humber

OVER the weekend a cabin cruiser hit a river buoy in the Humber holing the boat that immediately started to sink.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Comment—End of an era

I FIRST met the then new Chief Executive Officer of British Waterways, Robin Evans, when he was opening the restored section of the Chesterfield Canal  up to Norwood Tunnel, ten years ago, writes Tom Crossley.

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Published: 09 June 2013

Emergency communication and CaRT

I was just about to sit down to eat a well-earned meal at about 19.10 hours (ten past seven in old money) yesterday evening (Friday) when my lady wife came in and informed me that some of the local ‘yooff' were digging up the footbridge opposite the yard and throwing the debris into the canal, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 08 June 2013

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