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Car in lock

A CAR has been driven into Butter Lane Lock (81) on the Rochdale Canal, which is now closed until it can be removed.

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Published: 23 March 2015

CaRT keeps agreement secret

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has failed to provide a copy of its ‘secret' agreement with boater, Andy Wingfield, writes Allan Richards.
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Published: 23 March 2015

Young woman raped on towpath

A 23 YEARS old woman has been raped on the Rochdale Canal towpath in Manchester after she became separated from her friends after a night out in Canal Street.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Duchess takes the tiller

THE Duchess of Cornwall took to steering a narrowboat along a restored section of the Wilts & Berks Canal last week, to give publicity for an auction to raise funds for the canal Trust.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Problems with the new rules

I TOO was concerned when I first read the new Canal & River Trust terms and conditions with regard to Home Moorings, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 23 March 2015

Easy fit diesel engine tachometer

I HAVE just fitted a 'Tiny Tach' digital diesel engine tachometer to my narrowboat and I am rather pleased with the result, writes Keith Gudgin.
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Published: 20 March 2015

More spend on directors

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) are again advertising for a person to take over the remaining responsibilities of Simon Salem who is officially leaving in June 2015 but believed to be on gardening leave, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 March 2015

All in marinas

THE cat is fully out of the bag now. CaRT wants everyone in marinas, bar none, writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 20 March 2015

Idiotic new licence rules?

THE Canal & River Trust proposes on 1st April (wish it was an April Fool, but alas not) to amend the Boat Licence conditions so that boat licences will only be renewed if a mooring is available for the entire period of the licence, writes Stuart Field.

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Published: 20 March 2015

The funding gap

I FIND myself in complete agreement with Orph Mabel regarding the decline in maintenance on Canal & River Trust (CaRT) waterways (Halting the maintenance decline), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 March 2015

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