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Beware Beko

A WARNING by Beko PLC has been issued that its older gas cookers can produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide if used with the door closed.

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Published: 12 August 2014

Tall ship on the Sharpness

JOINING the Tall Ships even at Gloucester, there will be a particularly tall sailing ship travelling along the Sharpness Canal tomorrow, Monday.

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Published: 10 August 2014

Boats attacked in wrecking spree

A GANG of 10 teenagers ran amok in Manchester in the early hours of Saturday morning, on a hour-long wrecking spree, with boats moored on the Aston Canal being targeted.

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Published: 10 August 2014

Victor: Definitely less

AS MANY of you know, come Monday afternoon we take our boat out of the marina, and during the summer have a day on the Soar or up the Trent & Mersey, as our winter 'spot' on Sawley Cut in summer is full of visiting boats.
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Published: 10 August 2014

Not like it used to be...

A NUMBER of contributors to narrowboatworld rely on the old saying, 'It is not like it used to be'! It may well be true but, of course, you do need to think about which particular time in the past really was 'the good old days', writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 09 August 2014

All treated as continuous cruisers

THOSE of you who so often contact me to tell me of what you consider to be unfair treatment by CaRT enforcement, yet prefer not to complain lest you then be 'targeted', would do well to read the following, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 09 August 2014

Lock open one hour a day

THE flight on the Rushall Canal where a lock beam was broken off will be open just one hour a day between 9am and 10pm for CaRT staff to work the lock for boaters.

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Published: 09 August 2014

Frustration and embarrassment

EARLY each year, Canal & River Trust (CaRT) and before it British Waterways blames nesting birds for its inability to deal with the very routine task of vegetation management, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 August 2014

Text reminders to overstayers

FOLLOWING on the scheme introduced on the Kennet & Avon Canal where boaters are being sent text messages when overstaying, the system is now being introduced in London.

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Published: 08 August 2014

Puppets on the L&L

BOATERS are being surprised at the crew of one particular narrowboat travelling on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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Published: 08 August 2014

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Latest

  • Staff sickness closed canal flight
  • Killer who dumped bodies in canal dies in prison
  • Bridgewater breach repairs progressing
  • Staveley Town Deal restoration work  
  • Three more repairs completed
  • Name chosen for new bridge over Erewash Canal
  • More stoppages
  • Boaters report grounding on the Kennet & Avon Canal
  • River Canal Rescue course dates
  • Four navigations reopened
  • Protest against weed stopping Fossdyke and Witham Navigations
  • Man jailed for setting fire to ex-friend's boat
  • Another Trent & Mersey Canal Stoppage
  • The commercial reality of canal maintenance
  • Father and son to walk the entire Thames towpath
  • Victor tells it doesn't look good for next year
  • Is Extended Cruising a thing of the past?
  • Looking bad for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • Customer Service Facility decimated
  • Section of river bank falls into the Thames

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