THE Canal & River Trust has today (Monday) announced that Central Shires will go, its responsibilities 'being absorbed into the neighbouring East Midlands, West Midlands and Manchester & Pennine waterways.
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IT WOULD seem that those at Canal & River Trust were very put-out at losing the case against Andy Wingfield (Concerns on the part of the Trust) and are hanging on to his money that it illegally took for moorings he did not have.
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I was most pleased to see that Kevin McNiff had highlighted the issue of boats mooring on the water points at Alrewas, which is too common an occurrence these days, writes Helen Cripps.
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ALREWAS is always a boat magnet and more so during the main season, thus moorings are sometimes hard to find, writes Kevin McNiff.
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ONCE again it seems the lack of routine maintenance has caused a closure on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
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A YOUNG boy fell into Hull Marina yesterday (Saturday) but was rescued by his father who dived in.
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I WOULD like to thank James Henry for pointing out that I have been in 'GRP land'; there were very few out on the water all the way from Leicester to Shardlow. It is also wide beam land and there were a few of those out and about, writes Kevin McNiff.
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I believe it is a very good idea for some sort of examination to be taken for anyone in charge of a boat on the canals, as suggested by Kevin McNiff.
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What your correspondent Kevin McNiff did not realise with his problems with the GRP cruiser that he discovered was 'clearly not capable' was that he was well and truly in GRP land (or should that be 'water'?) writes James Henry.
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