A LADY who had her home flooded when the defences failed in Cumbria gave the Environmental Agency some very good advice.
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THERE have been two waterway closures in the first week of the new year, neither of them as part of winter maintenance, setting a worrying trend.
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I MOOR my narrowboat at Stockwith on the Chesterfield Canal, and obviously use the tidal Trent very often, my log showing ten times in 2015, and your correspondents comments regarding the wearing of life jackets bring me to write about these, writes Paul Levens.
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THERE is to be another Leicester Riverside Festival this year on the Mile Straight of the Grand Union Canal in the city.
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A CONSULTATION on proposed changes to mooring stay times at four Canal & River Trust locations has been partially abandoned after boaters pointed out errors in the consultation document.
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It is okay Pete Early telling us that there are now notices at tunnel entrances stating we should wear life jackets, but there are lots of things the new health and safety regime tell us we should do, but don't.
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THAMES WATER has been fined a massive £1m for allowing repeated discharges of pollutions into the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
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THE recent flooding of the northern waterways has caused significant damage, especially to bridges, that need urgent repair and in some cases being completely rebuilt.
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Victor is wrong by suggesting that CaRT have done nothing after the Coroner's report into the Harecastle death. Every tunnel we have passed through since October (we spent the summer on the Fens) has a new sign advising boaters to wear a life jacket when going through.
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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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