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Surviving L&L boat to be restored

BOTH Canal & River Trust staff and volunteers at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port are to restore George, a rare surviving Leeds & Liverpool Canal horse-drawn boat.

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Published: 26 June 2015

Waterways Partnerships not included

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has excluded its Waterways Partnerships from a project that will will include taking 30 youngsters from an inner city area from London to Stratford-upon-Avon by narrowboat writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 26 June 2015

Two Stratford towpath attacks

IT WOULD seem the towpath of the Stratford Canal is an unsafe place to walk, as there have been two attacks in one day.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Another marina refused planning permission

A MARINA planned for Slapton below Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal has been refused planning permission.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Diesel on the Lancaster

THOUGH our David Hymers was unable to locate anyone selling diesel on the Lancaster Canal, there is one supplier at Ashton Basin.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Not a pleasurable day's pleasure boating!

IN THE article 'What's the motive', I recently pointed out in narrowboatworld of concerns with regard to boaters being encouraged by the Trust to use the tidal waters of the rivers Trent and Ouse, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 25 June 2015

RCR warns of Ribble Link dangers

IT IS not only the tidal Ouse and Trent that can be dangerous, but crossing the tidal Ribble to access the Lancaster Canal can trap the unwary as River Canal Rescue discovered.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Objections to resident boaters

RESIDENTS of the new  Muirtown Basin Marina on the Caledonian Canal have been suffering attacks and abuse for several weeks from people objecting to their living in the marina.

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Published: 24 June 2015

More work on Buckingham Canal

THERE were extra hands helping the  Buckingham Canal Society, as volunteers came together during Volunteers Week to help with the canal restoration project at Cosgrove.

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Published: 24 June 2015

Admitting deterioration

ANOTHER day—another canal closure, this time the Walsall Canal, with Canal & River Trust admitting the closure is due to deterioration.

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Published: 24 June 2015

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  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed

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