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Peak Forest Canal closed until March


THOUGH Canal & River Trust promised that the failed lock on the Marple Flight would be repaired and open in January, this has been but back until March.

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Published: 08 December 2017

Fire destroys cruiser

A FIRE on a cruiser moored on the Thames, last night (Thursday) at Kingston left it completely destroyed.

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Published: 08 December 2017

Another new CaRT structure—and more consultation

THIS morning, Canal & River Trust tells us that it has began a three months period of 'internal consultation' about changes to its structures and a significant reduction in the size of its senior management team. 

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Published: 07 December 2017

CaRT officially puts claim to EA navigations

NO BIG announcement, but just an in-house newsletter statement telling that Canal & River Trust has finally made the bid to take over the Environment Agency navigations.

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Published: 07 December 2017

RCR announce more maintenance courses

WITH its maintenance courses proving so popular, River Canal Rescue (RCR) has announced that it is providing them monthly from February to December in 2018.

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Published: 07 December 2017

New moorings for Wigan—for one boat!

THE Canal & River Trust tells us that boaters are set to benefit from new £80,000 moorings at Wigan—for one boat!

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Published: 06 December 2017

CaRT should accept the inevitable

IT HAS been suggested that boaters are to blame for maintenance problems, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 06 December 2017

Canoeists tied together in tunnel

I was most interested to read Julie Phelps report of her managing to avoid a collision with a canoeist at the entrance to Edgbaston Tunnel, as I have problems with them, this time inside a tunnel, writes Sid Haworth.

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Published: 06 December 2017

Woman jumped in to save drowning boater at Mercia

THE part time staff member at Mercia Marina, Sarah Cunnington, did not hesitate when she saw an unconscious boater drowning in the water.

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Published: 06 December 2017

CaRT's weird stoppage notices

MOST of us are aware that the stoppage notices from CaRT are sometimes rather weird, but they are getting worse.

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Published: 06 December 2017

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