A retired council worker has been praised for diving into a canal to save a drowning man.David Hallam, 70, leapt into action when he saw the man topple backwards from a boat, and disappear.Mr Hallam took off his coat and shoes and jumped into the canal as the 23-year-old disappeared under the surface.He said: "I was out walking along the Grand Union Canal in Wanlip when I saw a man on a narrow boat. I heard him shriek and then fall off backwards."He went under the water. Then I saw his...
