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CaRT's £20.5m visitor attraction

THE Three Mills Lock by the Olympic Stadium is to be open to the public tomorrow (Saturday) as a visitor attraction.

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Published: 22 August 2014

Cherwell feed dries up

LACK of water on the Oxford Canal caused by the low level of the Cherwell is causing problems for boaters.

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Published: 21 August 2014

CaRT failing to publish minutes

AFTER an investigation lasting over a year, the Waterways Ombudsman, Andrew Walker, has finally upheld a complaint that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Trustees are ‘failing to ensure that minutes of board meetings and associated papers are being published in a timely manner', writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 August 2014

Saul Waterways Pageant

SOMETHING different on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal as a parade of Historic Lifeboats will take place at Saul Junction for the Bank Holiday weekend as part of the Saul Waterways Pageant.

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Published: 21 August 2014

Kayak stolen

BOATERS are being asked to be on the look-out for a Kayak that was stolen from the roof of a van that was stolen at Keynsham on the Avon.

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Published: 21 August 2014

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

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