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Problems removing crane

IT WAS very easy for the crane to topple into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Apperley, but it seems a much greater problem getting it out.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Intrusive behaviour

Mike Todd wrote a while back on narrowboatworld about the use of spying and advising Neighbourhood Watch schemes—see www.narrowboatworld/5289 writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 22 February 2013

Boats upsetting birds

CANAL & RIVER TRUST is so worried about passing boats upsetting the nests of water birds on Limehouse Cut that money is being spent on installing over 100 yards of reed beds.

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Published: 22 February 2013

CaRT wants same protection as NT

Canal & River Trust wants the same protection to be given to its canals and rivers as that afforded by the Government to the National Trust.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Crocodile in Thames?

FOR THE second time there have been reports of a crocodile in the Thames near Caversham Bridge.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Highlighting the waterways

NO IT'S not Canal & River Trust highlighting its waterways, but a team of five paddle-boarders who are tackling the length of the Severn to get the public's interest.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Waiting for bridge

IT WAS over a year ago that the footbridge over Diglis Basin on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal was taken down and renovated, but it still has not been put back in place.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Towpath thieves target teenagers

A PAIR of thieves is operating on the Nene towpath in Northampton targeting teenagers,  threatening them then stealing their possessions.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Pylon route stops marina

PLANS to route a line of electricity near Oswestry through a proposed new marina means that its construction is now on hold.

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Published: 21 February 2013

Sally Ash blames hire boats

THE fight to have Canal & River Trust abandon its proposals for draconian mooring restrictions in its South East Region took a dramatic twist yesterday, with boaters appearing on both television and radio to condemn the consultation, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 February 2013

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