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That's a big 'un!

IN ADDITION to the usual array of bikes, shopping trolleys and the like, the draining of part of the Regent's Canal at Limehouse gave up something of a monster.
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Published: 13 October 2014

Where does management lie?

TONY Dunkley being denied access to the Meadow Lane Wharf on the Trent, by Stuart Garner of CaRT's enforcement team, the wharf on which his commercial boat was moored has raised a question for me, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 13 October 2014

Victor: Out with 'em

I JUST have to ask, but does the return of a measly £25,000 for an outlay of just under one and half million quid sound like a good investment to you?

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Published: 12 October 2014

Woman in canal to escape knife attacker

IT WOULD seem that these days people walking the towpaths have to be very much alert, as the latest is a man with a knife threatening towpath walkers, with one woman jumping into the canal to escape.

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Published: 11 October 2014

Assisted passage on 'Narrow'

WORK is continuing on the repair of the quadrant of  Lock 31 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal (Huddersfield closed again) that should be open today (Saturday).

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Published: 11 October 2014

Fire exercise on K&A

WITH the ever increasing number of boat fires on the waterways, many fire services are carrying out rescue procedures on the canals, with the one tomorrow (Sunday) being the latest.

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Published: 11 October 2014

Man arrested for 'narrowboat' death

A MAN has been arrested over the death of a woman on a narrowboat moored on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 10 October 2014

Partnerships raised just £25,000 in three years

THE Canal and River Trust (CaRT) Waterways Partnerships, some of which were formed three years ago, have raised just £25,000 towards the work of the Trust, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 10 October 2014

Nothing hilarious about it

A MAN attempting to jump across a narrow lock in Birmingham who fell into the water has been described as hilarious, but there is nothing hilarious about it.

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Published: 10 October 2014

How far you have not moved

I SUSPECT that there is confusion between what the GPS recording system is expected to do and what it is not. CaRT has no need to prove how far you have moved, be it 20 miles or 200. What they do need to do is to identify those who appear not to have moved (enough), writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 09 October 2014

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