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Boats converted from ferries to restaurant

THE two boats that were used to ferry people to the Olympics have been converted into a floating restaurant and moored at Paddington Basin.

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Published: 22 November 2017

Balance the gates properly

It seems that broken lock gates are now coming thick and fast with the one at Derwent Mouth the latest to be uprooted from its foundations, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 20 November 2017

Doesn't see the point of the latest consultation

LIKE, it would seem many other boaters, I don't see the point of the new licensing consultation [by Canal & River Trust] as it is, as another of your contributors told, pre-formatted and not open to suggestions, writes James Henry.

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Published: 20 November 2017

One mile of Norfolk canal opened

THE North Walsham & Dilham Canal now has a mile of waterway open for navigation owing to the work of volunteers.

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Published: 20 November 2017

Victor: The reaon why the lock gate has broken

AS SOME of you will have read, the repair of the brickwork and coping on Derwent Mouth Lock has turned into something much worse.

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Published: 19 November 2017

IWA's wrong priorities

I see the Inland Waterways Association is opposed to the widening of the towpath in Edgbaston Tunnel in Birmingham as it will restrict boats, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 17 November 2017

Edgbaston Tunnel closed for narrowing survey

Edgbaston Tunnel on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal is at present temporarily closed to carry out a survey for its narrowing.

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Published: 17 November 2017

Motorist terrorised girls on canal bridge

 A MOTORIST refused to slow down whilst girls were crossing a narrow canal bridge, putting one in hospital.

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Published: 16 November 2017

Wildlife—does CaRT know what it is doing?

MANY of you will no doubt have read the article that Canal & River Trust is dredging the Pocklington Canal to further its wildlife, but does it really know what it is doing?

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Published: 16 November 2017

Dance the night away—in a drained lock!

YOU have to admit that Canal & River Trust is going all-out to get visitors to its waterways by any methods, no matter how mad—with its latest effort being music and dancing in a drained Rochdale Canal lock!

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Published: 15 November 2017

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