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Own risk assessment in tunnels

I DO NOT have the statistics but suspect that the number of deaths in tunnels, since the massive number of souls lost in constructing the tunnels, must be in the single figures area writes John Howard.

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Published: 15 April 2015

Canal body parts—man convicted

THE man responsible for cutting-up a man's body, cramming it in a suitcase and dumping it in a Birmingham Canal has been convicted of murder.

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Published: 15 April 2015

Email: Life jackets in tunnels

Reading David Hymers' piece about the tunnel notices reminded me about when I hired from Gailey Marine last month.

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Published: 15 April 2015

CaRT's £100,000 court case

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) spent over £100,000 in legal fees to obtain a court order allowing it to seize a historic boat, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 April 2015

Draconian and disproportionate

I HAD hoped that the furore over towpath evictions conducted by CaRT and the resulting bad publicity was a thing of the past, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 15 April 2015

No consultation again

I HAVE just been looking at a CaRT webpage about the proposal to convert bridges on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal to be remotely controlled, writes Amy Dickerson.
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Published: 13 April 2015

CaRT v continuous cruiser

LISTEN to a  conversation between a representative of Canal & river Trust and a continuous cruiser whose boat has broken down and is unable to move—HERE.

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Published: 13 April 2015

NABO slams CaRT's T&C's

FOLLOWING a poor response from Canal & River Trust (CaRT) regarding its intention to make changes to boat licence terms and conditions (Unnecessarily aggressive), the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) has again written to the Trust condemning it for attempting to force through changes without consultation, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 April 2015

David: £25 a day fines for overstaying

CRUISING through central Birmingham last week the general absence of continuous moorers struck me and I wondered why this might be the case.

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Published: 13 April 2015

Cyclists crash after ignoring signs

TWO towpath cyclists were involved in a head-on collision with one, a female, suffering a head injury despite wearing a crash helmet, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 April 2015

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