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No longer showing start date of stoppages

I STOPPED the stoppage notices from CaRT when we cut down on our cruising as no longer necessary, writes Les Collins.

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Published: 25 November 2019

Boater taken into custody in Castleford stand-off

THE boater who threatened to blow up his narrowboat in Castleford has been taken into custody.

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Published: 24 November 2019

Police response as boater threatens to blow up narrowboat

THERE was an evacuation in Castleford yesterday as a boater threatened to blow up a narrowboat.

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Published: 22 November 2019

A law unto itself

I HAVE been involved with a Freedom of Information request that took twice the allowed time to respond to, writes James Henry.

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Published: 22 November 2019

Denham Lock still closed

DENHAM lock (87) on the Grand Union Canal is still closed as the problem has not yet been fixed.

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Published: 22 November 2019

Who tells CaRT about stoppages?

LOOKING at the picture of the Cherwell flooding into the Oxford Canal it is obviously not navigable, writes T Lang.

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Published: 21 November 2019

The longest delay

THE Canal & River Trust has set a new record—a new personal best, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 November 2019

Those Leeds & Liverpool swing bridges

READING that the Methodist Swing Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal had broken down jogged my memory, writes Les Collins.

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Published: 20 November 2019

What do you make of that?—2

IT IS certainly difficult to understand what this one means. [Concerning unusual stoppage notice] writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 20 November 2019

CaRT responds to stuck boaters on the Weaver

SUCH has been the demand by boaters for access through Saltersford Lock on the Weaver that Canal & River Trust has acceded to a passage.

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Published: 20 November 2019

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