Police are investigating after a house boat on the Kennet and Avon Canal sank, leaving its owner homeless. Nearby boat owners say George Ward's vessel sank after a boat piloted by members of a ...

Margarent Billings, 78, had been on many canal trips before but was crushed between a boat and dock. ... The couple were on the trip between Bradford on Avon and Devizes when the incident happened.

Man dies after canal boat he was living on caught fire as he slept. Fire crews alerted at 3.30am to Kennet and Avon Canal, Bradford-on-Avon; Could not board safely, even with breathing apparatus ...

A GROUP of “drunk” stag party goers crashed into a barge leaving an “elderly and vulnerable” boater homeless. George Kanda’s barge that he lived on in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, was ...

Back in Bradford-On-Avon, you can take a stroll along the wharf, which was once the busiest wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Today, it’s a great place to spot historic canal features, a ...

Tragedy in idyllic Welsh hamlet as pensioner, 78, dies after plunging into a canal while on holiday in Wiltshire. Margaret Billings fell from a boat into the Kennet and Avon Canal, in Devizes ...

Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire has been named as one of the 10 prettiest towns in the UK, and it’s just eight miles away from iconic Bath. In Bradford on Avon, you can have a similar experience ...

Canal boat 'sank by stag party' near Bradford-on-Avon. 25 September 2018. ... Police are investigating after a house boat on the Kennet and Avon Canal sank, leaving its owner homeless.

Nearly £7,000 has been raised via a crowd funding website set up by Laura Darling, who has a boat moored near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, which is near to Mr Ward's boat.

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