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Narrowboat arson attack

A NARROWBOAT has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack at Wednesfield on the Wyrley & Essington Canal.

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Published: 14 January 2015

Keeping it in the family

AN IMPORTANT consultation concerning the Liverpool Link by Canal & River Trust has led to complaints from waterway organisations that it has been 'kept in the family' with only the IWA being involved.

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Published: 14 January 2015

Customer services

JUST before Christmas, I was unexpectedly asked to take part in a Canal & River Trust (CaRT) regional customer service survey, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 14 January 2015

Woman drowns feeding ducks

THIS really seems to be the day of reports of deaths in our waterways, as another one is of a woman who slipped into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal whilst feeding the ducks and drowned.

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Published: 12 January 2015

New head of customer services

THE Canal & River Trust has appointed Ian Rogers as its first permanent Head of Customer Services.

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Published: 12 January 2015

Serial killer on the Rochdale Canal

IT HAS  been calculated that 61 bodies have been dragged from the Rochdale Canal in Manchester in just six years, with it being believed a serial killer is on the loose.

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Published: 12 January 2015

Missing and bodies

THE boaters at Willow Wren Wharf at Bull's Bridge were disturbed on Saturday morning by the police knocking on their boats as a body had been discovered in the waterway.

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Published: 12 January 2015

Significant knock-on effects

THE case of the fire on a boat stored in a marina workshop whilst the owners were allowed to continue living on board, might well have significant knock-on effects, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 10 January 2015

More restrictions?

IN THE St Mary's Marina case, (Marina owner prosecuted over fire) the owner was prosecuted for failing to carry its statuary duty, i.e. carry out the required risk assessments and have an evacuation plan in place, writes Drew Hudson.

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Published: 10 January 2015

Wey & Arun getting there

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is nearing the 60% mark for the appeal to carry out its first full restoration project on the waterway in Surrey.

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Published: 09 January 2015

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