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Boy's 'dare' cost National Grid £2m

THE pipe attached to Dugdale Bridge over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Burnley has for the past 110 years been a 'dare' for children, but one fell and drowned, which has cost the National Grid £2 millions.

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Published: 10 December 2015

Surely not right

Though I will agree with James Henry about how the voting for the [Canal & River Trust] Council has been run, surely his example of 360,000,000 visitors a year to the canals cannot be correct, writes Gillian Moore.

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Published: 09 December 2015

Can we trust the results?

Having read the varies fiascos, as you well call them, about the voting for Canal & River Trust Council, I just wonder just how much we can trust the results? Asks James Henry.

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Published: 09 December 2015

NBTA wins Council voting extension

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has apologised to the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) and extended its Council election for a further six days.

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Published: 09 December 2015

CaRT voting fiasco gets worse

IT WAS last Friday that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) reminded boaters that voting would close in the Trust's Council elections at 23.59 on Friday 11th December.

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Published: 09 December 2015

Article removed

WE HAVE realised that the article Bored on Board concerning the treatment of cyclists, though written very much 'tongue in cheek' was causing offence to people, so it has been removed.

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Published: 09 December 2015

Only one witness statement

FOLLOWING the publication of the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) report into the near sinking of the historic narrowboat, Flamingo, the Trust has confirmed that it holds only one witness statement related to the incident.  (Son blamed for near sinking).

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Published: 07 December 2015

Hoping to combat Rochdale Nine drownings

GREATER Manchester Fire & Rescue and life saving societies have joined together to try and halt the number of people who drown in the Rochdale Nine through being drunk, creating a banner to bring home the message.

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Published: 07 December 2015

K&A Trust takes over Bruce Trust boats

THE Kennet & Avon Trust is to take over the operation of the four boats presently operated by the Bruce Trust for holidays and trips on the waterway.

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Published: 07 December 2015

Criminalised for relatively minor things.

I am glad that Keith Gudgin has highlighted the action of the councillors of Daventry District Council, (You must carry a poo bag) writes Martin Cox.

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Published: 07 December 2015

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