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Winter moorings on sale today

THE Canal & River Trust's winter moorings for 2015/16 go on sale today, (Thursday) offering boaters the chance to moor for the winter at a wide selection of sites on the waterways.

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Published: 01 October 2015

'Lethal' towpath to be locked-off

IN AN attempt to prevents more drownings on the Rochdale Nine in Manchester the 'lethal' towpath is to be completely cordoned off with locked gates preventing any access whatsoever, Mick Fitzgibbons tells us.

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Published: 01 October 2015

New boat sales facility

THERE is a a combination of a national brokerage firm and a new marina combining as a new facility selling new and used boats in the East Midlands.

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Published: 01 October 2015

Concern over mooring permits

THERE is concern amongst boaters with Canal & River Trust admitting its General Towpath Mooring Permit (GTM) may have been illegal, and John Howard writes:

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Published: 01 October 2015

Man admits towpath attack

A MAN currently in prison awaiting trial for a sexual attack on a young woman on the towpath of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at Brighouse has admitted the offence.

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Published: 01 October 2015

Broken paddle closes lock

The top of the list of emails when we returned was no surprise—a waterway closed through a broken paddle!

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Published: 01 October 2015

Where's the sense?

IT WAS a year ago that we passed through Barton Turns Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal and noticed the crumbling bank below the lock.

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Published: 28 September 2015

Victor: Object achieved

NEARING our objective of Banbury, like many of you I should imagine we saw the Tesco Extra on Google off-side just North of the town, with an handy winding hole just after.

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Published: 26 September 2015

The court case CaRT could not hide

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have been embarrassed by the publication of a transcript of a court case, in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Published: 26 September 2015

Enough is enough

WHILE the men have been 'CaRT bashing', I have thought just give it time to get their act together—but enough is enough, writes She Who Must Be Obeyed.

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Published: 25 September 2015

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