A boy rescued from a canal by two schoolgirls has warned other children not to walk on ice. Gustavo Alves, nine, said he was grateful to Elisha Raado, 11, and Olivia Parke, 10, for pulling him out.

The canal opened in 1797 as a cost-effective method of transporting coal from Nottingham to Grantham, before rail travel took over. A large unnavigated section of the canal running through Lady ...