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Northmoor Weir

Dennis Hill gives abrief summary of the battle to save the last Paddle and Rymer weir on the Thames.

Back in 2010, the EA proposed to replace the Paddle and Rymer weir, which has been manned by professional lock staff since 1896, with motorised gates. The Agency was worried that their lock-keepers risked straining themselves to remove the paddles that allow water through the weir, and it had tests carried out to establish whether their staff were being exposed to health risks when using this type of weir. These results suggested that lock-keepers had to lift weights that were too heavy, so they decided to replace the complete weir with a modern concrete structure at a cost of £2.6 million of public money.

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Is the Mersey Ferry an example of 'bona fide used for navigation'? Judge Halbert in a November 2013 CRT judgment recently made public, thinks it is.

He said in the judgment:

To take an extreme example, in its heyday, the Mersey Ferry operated continuously to and fro over the same stretch of water which is less than a mile wide. No one would ever have accepted the suggestion that the ferry boats were not bona fide used for navigation throughout the period of their operations.

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NABO Council has approved changes to the terms and conditions that apply to the web site and social media, and ongoing Association membership.

These are absolutely necessary to protect the Association in its representative activities.

Use of the web site and social media imply acceptance, as does renewal of membership.

The revised terms can be read here