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CART fail to safeguard moorings

BOATERS moored in central London are having their boats targeted and damaged by yobs after Canal & River Trust locked open the entry to the moorings.

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Published: 26 September 2012

Boatyard fined £50,000 over boaters' death

THE boatyard, Worsley Dry Docks Ltd, on the Bridgewater Canal had been fined £50,000 over the death of a boater who fell from the boarding plank of his boat whilst in dry dock, Alan Tilbury reveals.

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Published: 26 September 2012

How much does enforcement cost?

IT WAS  Canal & River Trust, Enforcement Team Leader Paul Griffin, who stated he had '22 enforcement officers' at his disposal, with John Wilkinson asking the cost, but having no reply, now reiterates:

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Published: 26 September 2012

Narrowboat sinks in flood

BOATER Kevin Howell checked the webcam in York yesterday, Tuesday 25th September overlooking the Ouse towards Museum Gardens in the centre of York,  and writes:

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Published: 26 September 2012

Drunk's car hit Barton Bridge

A DRUNK driver crashed into another car then impaled his vehicle onto a girder of Barton Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.

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Published: 24 September 2012

Fully booked for Banbury Canal Day

EVERY mooring has been booked for the forthcoming Banbury Canal Day on the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 24 September 2012

Take care

THE Water Company Severn Trent are carrying out major storm drain work at Oxley & Pendeford over the next few weeks, shutting off the outflow to the Shropshire Union between Lock 1 and Bridge 2.

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Published: 24 September 2012

'Blot on the landscape' can go

THOUGH there was is a campaign to save the old Trent Lane Depot building on the Trent in Nottingham and give it listed status, it has been refused.

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Published: 24 September 2012

Blaming contractors and redundancy

I agree with Bob Hallam's comments that Central Shires areas, i.e. Trent & Mersey and Coventry canals in particular, suffer from lack of vegetation control—both sides of the canal, writes Dave Carden.

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Published: 23 September 2012

Enough is enough

MOST boaters will agree that there has been enough comments about continuous cruisers/moorers in narrowboatworld, so we are calling a halt.

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Published: 23 September 2012

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