Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories Parents are being warned to keep their children out of the River Goyt this summer as several youngsters reported falling ill after entering the water ‘full of leeches’.
In a post on social media, one mother from Offerton said her son had become sick following a dip in a stretch of the Goyt in Woodbank Park. “Please keep your kids out of the river at Woodbank… apart from the obvious drowning danger, the river is polluted and full of leeches,” she said. READ MORE : Owner faces £3k vet bill after trainee therapy dog hit by a car and left for dead “My son and his mates have all come down with vomiting and a bad stomach!” Now, both Stockport Council and the Environment
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