THE bond between father and son is always a close one but what about James and Finn Salter?

The West Oxfordshire pair have swum the English Channel together in what they believe is a first. It may be enough to score an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

That they have raised £20,000 for charity is impressive enough, but this must truly have been the family bonding trek to beat them all.

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