CRT staff to use body-worn cameras
The Canal & River Trust is equipping its towpath-based employees with body-worn cameras. The technology, increasingly familiar on police and security teams, will initially be…
13 September 2021
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New landing stage for Bedford trip-boat
Work is about to start on a landing stage at the current head of navigation on the Great Ouse at Kempston Mill, upstream of Bedford.…
10 September 2021
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CRT launches Youth Fellowship Programme
In a bid to attract younger people to the waterways, the Canal & River Trust has launched a Youth Fellowship Programme.
The voluntary 12-month programme…
08 September 2021
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Majority of winter moorings prices reduced, claims CRT
The Canal & River Trust has published its list of winter mooring sites for 2021-22, with minor changes from last year, and a claim that…
08 September 2021
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New trip-boat heralds big changes to the canal at Milton Keynes
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterways Trust launched its new community boat in August on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes. And the service…
06 September 2021
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Crick Show returns ‘like it had never been away’
The Crick Boat Show made a welcome return in late August 2021, after its absence last year due to the pandemic. Many visitors and exhibitors…
27 August 2021
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CRT launches mass observation appeal for urban canals
The Canal & River Trust has started a campaign for the public to submit their impressions of nature along urban canals.
Called Sense In Nature,…
27 August 2021
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CRT and EA publish winter works programmes
The Canal & River Trust and the Environment Agency's Thames region have both published their works programmes for the coming winter. The latter polishes its…
27 August 2021
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CE marking to be valid until Jan 2023
The UK government has announced a one-year extension to the use of the CE mark. The EU-origin CE mark had been due to be phased…
26 August 2021
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Aquafax becomes UK distributor for ASG EMEA
A multi-year agreement has been made between Advanced Systems Group EMEA, a global supplier of products for the marine, RV and speciality vehicle industries, and…
24 August 2021
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CRT signs new hazardous-waste contractor as it struggles with facilities abuse
Increasing cases of fly-tipping and hazardous waste left on the inland waterways has led the Canal & River Trust to sign a contract with Reconomy,…
23 August 2021
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