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New BBC's Birmingham home at canal basin

PLANS have been submitted for the BBC’s new home in Birmingham on the site of the historic Typhoo Building in Digbeth at the canal basin.

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Published: 23 November 2022

Those ridiculous 'statistics'

THOSE ridiculous statistics from Canal & River Trust, obviously to help it get funding, have generated many responses.

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Published: 23 November 2022

Stoppage notice was wrong

"AS THE failure of Wood End Lift Bridge has also been resolved, the Peak Forest is now completely open." you said on 26th October, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 23 November 2022

Parliament debate on future funding of Canal & River Trust

YESTERDAY, 22nd November, the future of the UK’s canals and waterways, with a particular focus on the 2,000 miles cared for and looked after by the Canal & River Trust, was debated in the House of Commons, the trust records:

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Published: 23 November 2022

CaRT funding decision update

TWO weeks ago, narrowboatworld exclusively revealed that, having already defaulted in making a decision on CaRT's future funding by July 1st 2022, DEFRA had reneged on a new undertaking to make a decision this Autumn.

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Published: 21 November 2022

And there's more...

JUST had a peruse of the Boaters' Update, and talk about propaganda? It's unbeatable, writes James Henry.

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Published: 21 November 2022

It's more than a billion Victor, it's six!

FOLLOWING Victor's revelation that active use of the waterways and the towpaths saves the NHS £1.1 billion, there is more, writes T Lang.

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Published: 21 November 2022

Not surprised at the claim

I WAS not at all surprised to read that CaRT believed it saved the NHS over a billion pounds, writes Duncan Peters.

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Published: 21 November 2022

Vandalism still the preferred excuse!

THE Lee Navigation is closed at  Rammey Marsh Lock (12) which is out of action and the navigation closed.

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Published: 21 November 2022

Victor reveals CaRT wants us to believe it saves the NHS over a billion pounds!

FOR the first time ever, just one subject from me, showing the lengths Canal & River Trust is going to attempt to impress.

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Published: 19 November 2022

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