CONTRACTORS Richardson and Ask are working with the Canal & River Trust and its neighbouring developments, including Mustard Wharf, to improve a 200m stretch of
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Author: Janet Richardson
Shipbuilding in a Lincolnshire market town
WHEN Louth author and historian Stuart Sizer first researched the history of his local canal, he concentrated on the construction, personalities and businesses and not
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Waterways APPG appoints new chairman
THE All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways, which held its inaugural meeting for the new Parliament on Tuesday February 25, has appointed Michael Fabricant
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Bad moorers targetted in Canal & River Trust campaign
THE Canal & River Trust is tackling the problem of bad mooring by reaching out to boaters who have moored their boats in a way
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Work set to start at Toddbrook Reservoir
THE Canal & River Trust will today (Monday, January 6) begin the first steps in the restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir with the start of a
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NBTA PUBLISHES BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR BOAT DWELLER ACCOMMODATION ASSESSMENTS
THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has published the Best Practice Guide for local authority Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessments under Section 124 of the
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International Slavery Museum
The only national museum of its kind in the world. THE International Slavery Museum is located in Liverpool’s Albert Dock in the zone where ships
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Canal & River Trust publishes its Gender Pay Gap Statement
THE Canal & River Trust has published its latest Gender Pay Gap Statement. The document, available to view on the Trust’s website, shows that on
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Gas safety on boats
STAYING safe on board is vital and ahead of Gas Safety Week, running from September 17-23. BWML Boat Mooring have created a poster to keep
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Saving the past for the future
THE Yorkshire Ex-Commercial Barge Club specialise in industrial history preservation. Its members are all owners of private vessels and welcome support in helping them fight
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New route to the canal proposed in Regent’s Park
A PROPOSAL has been announced this week to create a new ramp and steps down to the Regent’s Canal from Avenue Road in The Regent’s
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Taming the Flood by Jeremy Purseglove
Practical proposals to protect against flooding Reviewer: Elizabeth Rogers LAST winter may have been a relatively – and unseasonably – dry one, but memories of
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Canals In Britain by Tony Condor
Modest in price, but not in quality Reviewer: Harry Arnold WE have reviewed one or two large multi-page and expensive general waterway books lately –
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Characters of the cut – Carol Morgan
Elizabeth Rogers meets Carol Morgan, a waterways operations team leader with the Environment Agency. “EVERY day can be different. Whatever I may have expected to
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