In defence of Atherstone Locks, we now have a team of 16 volunteer lock keepers having had six new persons join us in August and our rota shows the flight is manned every day with at least one and sometimes up to four on duty writes Roger Hart.
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THE result of Canal & River Trust now locking Fradley Swing Bridge after Mick Fitzgibbons pointed out in narrowboatworld its danger to the children playing on it, it is now to be locked closed.
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IT WAS the prompt arrival of police that saved a woman being literally thrown into the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes.
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As a result of CaRT's attempt to remove yet another boater from its waters, again a liveaboard but this time a liveaboard with a home mooring, various concerns with regard to the methods used by the trust have emerged, writes Pam Pickett.
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AND now for a complete change, I'm going to comment on comments in articles, if you know what I mean.
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I have to agree with Richard Swan's comments regarding pump outs and the card system; you can even pay for car parking with a debit card these days.
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There is no point in getting bilious about the new engine standards. Even without the EU, it's obviously a good thing to ask industries to improve with time, writes Paul Burke.
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Both the wife and I can but agree with what Victor wrote about the Leicester Section, it really is now hard work.
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THE route of the proposed High Speed rail line (HS2) is to be re-aligned at Fradley to give the canal the necessary clearance the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP, told Canal & River Trust.
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THE 20 years old student who drowned in the Ouse at York was discovered to have three times over the drink-drive limit of alcohol an inquest heard.
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