Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Hundreds of people have taken advantage of their free time in lockdown by coming together to clean up Stalybridge’s canal.
A new volunteer network led by 29-year-old Anthony Zazzarino has been patrolling towpaths, bridges and car parks for litter that people have failed to throw away properly.
More than 450 bags of rubbish have been collected by the volunteers in just five weeks - and they aren’t thinking about stopping anytime soon.
Anthony explained that he first came up with the idea after buying a property that overlooked Stalybridge’s section of the Huddersfield Canal. “I purchased an apartment in a converted mill on the canal back in
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