Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A criminal investigation has been launched after a 'pollution incident' in the River Irwell in Salford.
Environment Agency officers were called to Clifton Country Park in Swinton on Tuesday after 'being made aware of a potential pollution incident'.
The cause of the 'pollution' began being investigated and agency workers started trying to 'ensure environmental impacts are minimised'.
A spokesperson for the Environment Agency told the Manchester Evening News : “Our officers were responding to an incident yesterday involving potential pollution on the River Irwell downstream of Clifton Country Park in Swinton, Manchester. "We have identified the
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