Leicester narrowboat in low-speed police chase
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image captionThe man was arrested at a lock in Glen Parva
Police pursued a narrowboat for eight miles (12.8km) along a city canal to secure the arrest of a wanted man.
The slow-moving operation took place along Leicester s Grand Union Canal on Wednesday.
One of the officers involved joked he had been waiting 15 years to be involved in a water pursuit in land-locked Leicestershire.
The 37-year-old suspect, who was wanted over an assault, was detained when he stepped off at a lock.
On Twitter, the local policing team said the boat had a top speed of about four miles per hour (6km/h).
PETER FROST doesn’t like invasive species, even if they come wrapped round the naked body of a pole dancer.
Regular Ramblings readers will know that I tend to go on a bit about invasive species. One or two have even got in touch to say I shouldn’t get too upset by these exotic visitors.
One asked: “Why worry about flocks of rose-ringed parakeets [Psittacula krameri]? Surely they make London parks much more attractive places.”
Another suggested: “Did the small exotic water deer from China not make a visit to the Norfolk Broads far more interesting?” To an extent, I could see their arguments. After all, one of our most common and most iconic countryside animals, the rabbit, was itself an invasive non-native species.
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Apsley Marina is bordered by several restaurants.
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Situated in the valley of the Chiltern Hills, at the confluence of the rivers Gade and Bulbourne, Apsley is widely seen as the birthplace of paper s industrial revolution.
Apsley Mill began making paper in 1778, and was bought by industry giant John Dickinson in 1809; his paper mills, which were based along the Grand Union Canal, dominated local industry, finally closing in 1999.
The canal meant Apsley was ideally located for the trade route between London and the Midlands, and is now beloved by walkers and cyclists travelling between Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead.
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