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Chaos reigns

THE Canal & River the Trust is seeing a significant fall in the number of boats on the inland waterways, (5,000 less boats on the waterways) writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 18 May 2015

Hide & Seek!

THE Canal & River Trust has provided a bizarre explanation for the loss of £58m in its latest three year plan (CaRT's £58m loss will impact on maintenance), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 May 2015

Work starts on the monster marina

PRELIMINARY work has commenced on the infamous 650 berth marina at Onley on the Oxford Canal, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 15 May 2015

'Angry Boater' on tour

AFTER his successes with his Angry Boater events in the capital, Joel Sanders is bringing it out of London and touring the waterways giving performances in the places he passes through.

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Published: 15 May 2015

Cruising boats

I would just have to agree what others are saying about boats cruising on the waterways at the moment.

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Published: 14 May 2015

Far less boats

I CAN confirm what your other contributors are saying that there are far less boats moving on the canals as in the past few years, writes James Henry.

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Published: 14 May 2015

5,000 less boats on the waterways?

FROM a high of a recorded 35,241 12 months licenced boats just a few years ago, Canal & River Trust report that there were only 32,018 licenced boats on the 31st March last year, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 May 2015

Body in suitcase—man charged

THE police investigation into the body of the woman found in a suitcase at Little Venice where the Paddington Arm meets the Regent's Canal, resulted in three arrests, with a man now being charged.

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Published: 13 May 2015

A trip on the tidal Severn

We are a group of experienced narrowboaters planning to travel between Sharpness and Bristol in Mid June.

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Published: 13 May 2015

Soon be 500 millions!

Having just read Victor's excellent review of his cruise along the Shroppie I must correct his figure obtained from CaRT of 300,000,000 visitors to our canal system last year.

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Published: 13 May 2015

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