River Irwell: Last News

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Manchester Evening News showed walkways and a staircase submerged in water on Wednesday afternoon.

direct to your inboxThe family of a mum whose remains were found after she went missing have spoken of their ongoing agony - as a date for an inquest into her death was set.Marie Scott, who was 58, went missing from her home in Hale, in Trafford, just before Christmas in 2017.A human leg was then found in the River Irwell near Jubilee Bridge in Pendleton, Salford, in December 2018, followed by the discovery of body parts in marshes beside the Manchester Ship Canal near Frodsham in Cheshire in December 2019.Sadly both discoveries were confirmed to be the remains of mum-of-two Marie.At a hearing today (Monday) a date was set for a full inquest into her death.

An inquest into the drowning of a 12-year-old girl in Bury has recorded a conclusion of accidental death.

Shukri Abdi, 12, died after getting into difficulties in the river in Bury during a heatwave in June 2019.

Zak Bennett-Eko hurled 11-month-old Zakari William Bennett-Eko into the water in Radcliffe on September 11, 2019.Zakari died as a result of hypothermia, drowning, or a combination of the two.The dad, 23, has since told doctors that he 'believed his son was the devil and that he was being told to drown him' at the time of the crime, after spiralling into a severe state of psychosis.Ahead of a week-long trial over the death of baby Zakari, Bennett-Eko pleaded not guilty to murder by way of insanity, while the prosecution launched a case that he is guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.Today, the jury has been sent out of court to decide between the two arguments.They will reach a decision by following a 'route to verdict', set

temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre on Tuesday (November 24).Today (Wednesday), Rob Hall, prosecuting, said that on the day of Zakari's death - September 11 - Bennett-Eko had argued with his then partner Emma Blood, who was then eight months pregnant.Jurors heard she told him he needed to start looking after himself because she would not be able to care for two babies and him.Mr Hall said: "It may be that exchange set the seed in Zak's mind that they would be better off without Zakari."Zak would later claim at about this time he saw Zakari's legs expanding and that he, Zakari, was turning into the devil."Shortly after 4pm, while Miss Blood was upstairs, Bennett-Eko left the family home on River Street with his son in a

A dad has denied murdering his baby son who was found in a river.

temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre this morning (Monday) via video link and spoke only to confirm his identity and plead 'not guilty' to a charge of murder.His trial is due to start this afternoon and is expected to last up to two weeks.It will begin with an opening statement from prosecutor Rob Hall, who will lay out the facts of the case.Baby Zakari was found in the river near a bridge on Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, after a search last year.He was retrieved from the water and taken to hospital but he died later despite treatment.His death led to an outpouring of sadness from friends and neighbours who left piles of flowers, cards and other tributes in the centre of Radcliffe.Among the tributes was a large cuddly bear

Bury. The seven-year-old was paddling in a shallow section of water with her cousin, but found herself in trouble after slipping into a deeper part of the river.With the current too strong, the terrified youngster began to drift downstream.Her cries for help were heard by Maggie McGrath, who was swimming nearby with her granddaughter.Without a thought for her own safety, the 51-year-old rushed to help Ava.

Emergency service rescue teams pulled a man to safety from the River Irwell.

A major police investigation is underway after two men turned up at a hospital with gunshot wounds.

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found out he would not be coming home.On a scorching hot afternoon on June 2 he and his friends had decided to jump into the the River Irwell in Clifton Country Park, Salford, to cool off.

A devastated teenager has described his desperate efforts to save a friend who drowned in a river last week.

A mum has spoken of her devastation after being told that her teenage son had died.

Bury town centre after failing to return home from school in June last year. At an inquest into her death earlier this year, Shukri's mother said her daughter - who was born in a Kenyan refugee camp to Somalian parents before moving to the UK in January 2017 - couldn’t swim and was ‘scared’ of water.Speaking to the BBC's Asian Network, Mr Burnham said 'a huge number of people' had contacted him about the case.He added: "Some 6,000 emails have been received."It was a really sad case.

Adam Kay, went under the water in the River Irwell and never came out.A huge scale police operation followed, with specialist teams helping to search for the 14-year-old in Clifton Country Park, Salford.By the time they found him, it was too late.Since then, Shirley, who lives in Kearsley, says she's had trouble comprehending what happened and keeps expecting to see her son again."It's destroyed us," she said."I just feel numb.

Heartbreaking tributes have poured for a teenage boy whose body was found in the River Irwell yesterday. 

The body of teenage boy has been found following a huge search at a Salford park.