A MAN arrested on suspicion of murder after a fight on a barge has been released on bail.

Police were called to the canal behind Dutton Hall Farm on Northwich Road, the A533, at around 8.50am yesterday and found a man suffering serious head injuries. He died shortly after.

A 37-year-old man from Birkenhead was arrested but has been released on police bail until May 13 pending further enquiries.

A spokesman for Cheshire Police said: "Two men on the barge had been involved in an altercation that resulted in one of the men collapsing.

"He died shortly after despite attempts to resuscitate him."

The deceased has not yet been named.