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Burnt to death on towpath

A MAN was found on fire on the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn over the holiday period, and later died from his burns.

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Published: 06 April 2015

Email: Those newts

Further to 'Natural England stops restoration' and 'Thwarted by Bureaucracy' by Orph Mable, I hear the Montgomery Canal restoration is also suffering from inactivity by Natural England, having applied for a 'Newt Licence' in early June last year and have still not got one.

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Published: 06 April 2015

Trust wants more use of tidal Trent

THE Canal & River Trust is conducting a survey to better understand what can be done to encourage more boaters to venture out onto the tidal Trent.
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Published: 03 April 2015

CaRT's response to Strava cyclists

THE Canal & River Trust has responded to the dangers of Strava cyclists (Racing on towpaths at 'average' of 19mph) and as promised are 'educating them' to cut their speeds on the London canal towpaths.

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Published: 03 April 2015

Thwarted by bureaucracy

I REALLY feel for The Wey & Arun Canal Trust. Its members have produced fantastic results by their own determination and loads of very hard work due to the herculean efforts of a dedicated body of people, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 03 April 2015

Natural England stops restoration

AS MANY readers of narrowboatworld will know The Wey & Arun Trust is very active and successful in it progress of restoring the Wey & Arun, but the Trust have now come up against a 'brick wall' in the shape of Natural England.

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Published: 02 April 2015

A work of art

SCULPTOR Tony Darlington has a keen interest in boats, and so accepted a challenge from a friend to make a model of his narrowboat, but not just the shell, but everything inside it.

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Published: 02 April 2015

Hear, hear

I SUPPORT everyone who condemns the programme makers who are portraying canal boating as a glorified dodgem car ride, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 02 April 2015

First narrowboat

THOUGH the old Gravesend & Rochester Canal is now mainly a railway track, the first narrowboat in 80 years was launched at the end of March.

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Published: 02 April 2015

In total agreement

I FIND myself in total agreement with John Wallace and Paul Dowler re: The Timothy and Pru crashing around the waterways television show, writes Rob Dennis.

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Published: 01 April 2015

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