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Informative and helpful

FOLLOWING recent articles and emails in these columns about the Trent & Mersey breach and CaRT's subsequent actions, the explanation from the CaRT Operations Director Vince Moran was very informative and helped explain how the contingency fund operates, writes John Kelly.

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Published: 05 October 2012

CaRT trustee answers NbW reports

I'd like to comment on some of the recent narrowboatworld reports, relates John Dodwell, a volunteer Trustee of the Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 05 October 2012

Canal Basin for Aylesbury Arm

THE Aylesbury Canal Society now has a 999 year lease on a piece of land bordering the offside of the Aylesbury Arm with planning permission to build a canal basin with all facilities and a club premises.

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Published: 05 October 2012

More poetry

FOLLOWING on Canal & River Trust's poetry on lock gates comes the news that it has now appointed a poet laureate.

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Published: 04 October 2012

Sunk boat closes Caen Hill

A NARROWBOAT has sunk in one of the Caen Hill Flight locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Published: 04 October 2012

Better reporting service

A BETTER reporting service for problems on the waterways is now in place, with only two numbers that need be remembered for reporting incidents or emergencies.

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Published: 04 October 2012

Pollution stops angling

THE pollution to the Erewash Canal, reported in narrowboatworld, has stopped the National Angling Match taking place.

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Published: 04 October 2012

Drivers costing CART money

IT HAS been estimated that bad driving, with vehicles hitting canal bridges is costing Canal & River Trust a great deal of money in repairs.

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Published: 04 October 2012

On the map

AS REPORTED in narrowboatworld the waterways are now appearing on Google maps, with the main attractions being the first to appear.

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Published: 03 October 2012

Rainfall and canals

HAVING survived the wettest summer in a 100 years I think it's fair to say two things I take note of on a daily basis are the expected rainfall and the water level in the Cut, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 03 October 2012

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