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Nothing until near collapse

IT IS now easy to understand why canals are being closed week after week for repairs if CaRT have a system where it does nothing until it is near collapse on its A to E system, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 20 August 2014

High flyer

A MERCEDES travelling at speed took to the air after leaving the road at Banbury landing in the Cherwell, where the occupants had to be rescued.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Interest-filled Open Days

IT WILL certainly be an interest-filled National Heritage Open Days weekend organised by the Wey & Arun Canal Trust, that will include an airfield museum, an archaeological dig and a guided walk.

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Published: 20 August 2014

When the wind takes over

ALL boaters know that one of the worst things about boating is a strong wind, with a narrowboat acting as a sail, with little control, as a boater found to his cost at the Liverpool Link.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Boater drowns in canal

THERE is a mystery concerning why a boater fell into a canal in the middle of the night and subsequently died.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Open Boaters Meetings again

AFTER the successful Open Boater Meetings on Twitter, Canal & River Trust Chief Executive, Richard Parry is starting a new round using Facebook.

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Published: 20 August 2014

All repaired

BOTH the Birmingham & Fazeley and Huddersfield Narrow canals stoppages have been lifted and both are now open.
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Published: 20 August 2014

Preventative maintenance

AS EVERYONE seems to be looking backwards why don't I look the other way? No, I don't mean turning a blind eye! Let's look where waterways, and particularly their maintenance, could change in the future, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Poor year for CaRT

IT HAS been a difficult first full financial year for the Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Another closed

YET ANOTHER waterway is closed through lock failure, this time the Birmingham & Fazeley.

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Published: 18 August 2014

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