Inside the October issue of Towpath Talk, the Canal & River Trust is to start using body-worn cameras for its customer service employees whose role includes day-to-day interaction with those on the towpath.
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Author: Shannon Butcher
Shannon Butcher is an editorial contributor who has a Journalism degree from the University of Lincoln. When she’s not creating content she can be found visiting many of the UK's beautiful countryside locations with her dog, Pilot.
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Bread & Water for Africa make an urgent call for donations to their Back to School appeal
Every child needs access to a daily meal and the chance of an education. Yet right now, in Africa, many children miss out on the one meal they could get each day.
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Inside the September issue of Towpath Talk
Inside the September issue of Towpath Talk, boat owners who keep or use their vessels on Environment Agency (EA) waterways have until September 16 are to have their say on proposed changes to registration charges.
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Crick Boat Show August 2021: Who’s who and what’s what?
The Crick Boat Show is just around the corner and there are lots of fantastic exhibitors getting ready to greet visitors for the first time in a while.
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Boom in boating as restrictions lift
The Canal & River Trust is seeing boats returning to the water in fleets as restrictions lift and the sun shines. With school holidays starting, it could be a record-breaking summer for boating.
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Consultation launched on fairer and simpler boat registration scheme
Boat owners who keep or use their vessels on Environment Agency (EA) waterways are being urged to have their say on newly proposed registration charges which will be introduced from 2022.
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Wave of arts to connect communities along nation’s longest cultural space
The Canal & River Trust is unveiling a summer of arts along its waterways as coronavirus restrictions lift.
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The Widgeon Theatre Boat is coming to town, presenting The Grit of Life
It’s no secret that live entertainment has taken a battering this past year. But, as theatres and concert halls dust down their auditoriums, show producer MJ Morgan experiences far more diverse challenges to ensure that for her production – Grit of Life – the show does go on. . .
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Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk
Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk, one of the inland waterways’ annual highlights, Crick Boat Show has moved to the weekend of August 20-22 from its usual dates in May and visitors can again vote for their favourite boat in the show, which is a popular tradition.
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Southampton International Boat Show is back and tickets go on sale today!
The excitement is mounting as tickets go on sale today (20th July) for Southampton International Boat Show, taking place from 10-19 September.
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500 Rubber ducks race on London Canal
The annual COSMIC Rubber Duck Race will return to the Regent’s Canal this summer to raise much needed funds for St Mary’s hospital.
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The Puppet Theatre Barge: Brer Rabbit Visits Africa
Brer Rabbit travels to Africa to visit his grandmother and gets himself into trouble. All the animals of Africa – elephant, lion and tortoise alike – gather to help.
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Vandalism on the Ashby Canal
Sometime over Saturday 11 July, a picnic table and Ashby Canal Association information sign by Bridge 37 on the Ashby Canal at Far Coton, near Market Bosworth was destroyed by an obviously disturbed individual.
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Spending time on the water can be a perfect prescription to improve health and wellbeing
With concerns around the negative mental and physical health legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, new research published 7 July 2021, reveals that spending time on coastal or inland waterways can be an easily accessible and effective way to improve wellbeing.
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