Derwentwater

The new bathing sites range from a beach in Dorset to Derwentwater in the Lake District and the River Nidd in North Yorkshire.

In a Facebook post Mr Irving said Max "fell asleep" in Manesty Woods near Derwentwater earlier.

On Monday a bus route was temporarily suspended at Catbells, near Derwentwater, due to "inconsiderate parking and heavy congestion".

“The first thing is that they are definitely not houseboats and they already exist on Windermere, Ullswater and Derwentwater and the second is that they are not detrimental to the area. They will compliment other boats already used in Grasmere by locals and tourists,” he said.

He was delivering parcels to a house in Derwentwater Road, Newbiggin, Northumberland, at about 14:45 GMT when another man got into the vehicle, Northumbria Police said.