A dad who has spent the past seven years battling the marine authorities for the right to anchor his 86ft barge on foreshore he owns at a quay in Cornwall has been told by a judge that he has ...

A man convicted of mooring his 86ft barge without a licence at a picturesque quay in Cornwall says the decision made in Truro Crown Court this week will affect all boat owners across the UK.

A judge has told a man who spent seven years battling marine authorities for the right to anchor his barge on a foreshore he owns in Cornwall he became "obsessed with a battle that has no purpose".