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£350,000 for wildlife

IT IS certainly wildlife that is getting the money these days, with just under £350,000 being handed to Canal & River Trust to develop better environmental and community engagement on the waterway in Rochdale, Huddersfield and Birmingham.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Vegetation makes mooring impossible

I have just read David's (Into the Jungle) piece and I can only agree, writes Jenny MacGillivray.

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Published: 23 July 2014

Humans trump bird safety

MANY of you are agreeing with our David Hymers, and his article Into The Jungle, where he wrote about the problems of CaRT using wildlife as an excuse for not cutting back vegetation.

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Published: 23 July 2014

One done one to go

THE locks on the Bath Flight have been reopened after they were closed to navigation after a boat struck Lock 12.

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Published: 23 July 2014

New trips on the Chesterfield

THE the western section of the Chesterfield Canal may be cut off from the main system, but people can still take a boat trip along the restored section, with new ones started from the Hollingwood Hub.

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Published: 21 July 2014

Into the Jungle

WE HAVE just completed an out and back cruise along the Macclesfield, thanks to the continuing closure on the Ashton, which has revised our plans, writes David Hymers.

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Published: 21 July 2014

Drifters appointment terminated

THE appointment of Sally Ash (ex Head of Boating) as Canal & River Trust (CaRT) nominated director for Drifters Leisure Limited has been terminated with no replacement provided, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 July 2014

City does not want canal

I READ with utter dismay that there are plans afoot to close off the bottom nine locks of the Rochdale Canal in Manchester at night, writes Geoff Smith.

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Published: 21 July 2014

Email: Proof of cruising

I have recently read articles on your site which, as a continuous cruiser for nearly two years, I find alarming at the least.

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Published: 21 July 2014

Extended cruising—is there a problem?

IT'S ALMOST that time again, the start of the 'silly season' that is; in Staffordshire the kid's holidays start in the next week or so, writes Ralph Freeman.
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Published: 20 July 2014

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