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Do as the licence says

I HAVEN'T written for a while, but felt I must regarding the petition about Eviction of boat dwellers. I fear we are going back to the 'continuous moorers' debate here, writes Peter Foster.

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Published: 23 February 2015

Basin to lose its access

THE bridge linking Coventry city centre with the canal basin at the end of the Coventry Canal is to be removed.

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Published: 23 February 2015

Speeding cyclists solution

IT SEEMS seems to me that there is a fairly obvious solution to the issue of speeding cyclists on towpaths, writes Martin Banks.

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Published: 23 February 2015

Eviction of boat dwellers

THE threat of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to take enforcement action against two thirds of the 5,400 boaters who chose not to have a ‘home mooring' has misfired in spectacular fashion, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 23 February 2015

No opening date in sight for W&B

THERE is no opening date in sight for the Worcester & Birmingham Canal that has been closed at Gas Street due to a leak.

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Published: 20 February 2015

Two Open Days

CASTLE Marinas Ltd are celebrating Wigrams Turn Marina's 10th Anniversary in March 2105. 10 years ago during March the first boats moored in Wigrams Marina. writes Linda Jenkins.

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Published: 20 February 2015

CaRT's 19 years backdated charges

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) attempts to hike up its surface water discharge income by introducing new agreements (CaRT goes crazy), has taken a bizarre new twist, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 February 2015

Out-of-control cyclists escalating

THE scourge of out-of-control cyclists is escalating day by day. The problem is across all cyclists but clearly the emergence of time trials along the system gives major cause for alarm, write Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 20 February 2015

A convenient reinterpretation

IT WAS Friday 13th and time to announce that anyone who does not—in the Canal & River Trust's opinion—comply with its guidelines for continuous cruising will not have their licences renewed, unless they agree to take a home mooring, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 20 February 2015

Seven more towpath time trials

THOUGH time trials on towpaths have been going on since last year, it is only recently that the cyclists realised they could use an app for their smartphones to accurately record their times, and so many more are now participating with time trials on the towpaths.

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Published: 19 February 2015

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