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Volunteer lock keeper cover-up

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) report into the hanging-up incident of historic narrowboat Flamingo (Only one witness statement) suggests that a review of of Volunteer Lock Keeper (VLK) training was undertaken.

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Published: 04 January 2016

Slacken those lines

IF YOU moor on a river, there is some wise advice from the Thames Environment Agency River Conditions website, Roger Fox tells us.

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Published: 04 January 2016

CaRT to rebuild flood damaged bridge

A council is demanding that Canal & River Trust pay for the rebuilding of a  bridge damaged in the recent flooding of the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

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Published: 04 January 2016

Victor: All the best

ALL the best for a Happy—and perhaps more importantly—Healthy New Year to all you boaters out there.

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Published: 03 January 2016

The Bridge at Napton saved

PLANNING permission for houses to replace the Bridge at Napton has been refused, Martin Cox writes.

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Published: 31 December 2015

Welcoming the New Year

THERE are plenty of hardy boaters at Bugsworth Basin on the Peak Forest Canal for a New Year rally.

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Published: 31 December 2015

Navigation hazard on the Soar

THE narrowboat that sank on the Soar above Ratcliffe Lock has been a danger to navigation for nine days, being just two feet under the surface.

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Published: 30 December 2015

Boats damaged on Calder & Hebble

THE Calder & Hebble Navigation flooded dramatically during this week's storm, with many of its moored boats slung on to its banks, and though now receded, another storm is forecast.

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Published: 30 December 2015

Warnings given

There is no evidence that navigation warnings are not being updated, certainly not on the South Oxford, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 30 December 2015

Nothing from CaRT

THE terrible weather in the north has been terrible over the Christmas period and must have flooded canals as well as the rivers, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 29 December 2015

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