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Shukri Abdi.Shukri, a pupil at Broad Oak Sports College in Bury, drowned in the River Irwell, near Bury town centre, on June 27 last year.

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.

Adam Kay's body was found in the River Irwell in Clifton Country Park last Tuesday, June 2, following a large search and rescue operation.

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.

Salford City Council have issued a stark warning after shocking footage showing a person jumping from a bridge into the River Irwell was circulated on social media.

Police were called to reports of a body seen in the River Irwell.

Flooding fears have been voiced over the prospective redevelopment of a former paper mill.

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.

This was the moment two young men ignored the coronavirus lockdown and leapt into the River Irwell in Manchester city centre.

The UK's coronavirus lockdown has begun, meaning stricter-than-ever social distancing rules are now in place.

A friend said she knew drowned schoolgirl Shukri Abdi ‘was going to die’ the moment the 12-year-old Somalian refugee got into difficulties, an inquest heard.

Hours before her death a 12-year-old schoolgirl was ‘pushed around’ by two children who were with her when she drowned, an inquest heard.

Boxing Day 2015 is a day that still gives people from Prestolee sleepless nights.

An inquest into the drowning of schoolgirl Shukri Yahye Abdi heard how moments before her death a friend 'joked' she was 'going to kill her if she didn't get in the water'.

Swinton is a town in Greater Manchester that sits southwest of the River Irwell.

Work on £70m luxury "twin towers" on the border of Manchester and Salford has stalled after the developer's owner was arrested.

A campaign has been launched to repair a popular park that was ruined during recent storms.

Yet more heavy rain is due to move into Greater Manchester overnight - with flood warning alerts issued by the Environment Agency.

Thugs smashed up three police vans while officers were carrying out a knife-sweep in Salford.

Thugs smashed up three police vans while officers were carrying out a knife-sweep in Salford.

Two flood alerts have been issued for parts of Greater Manchester as the region prepares for more heavy rain.

A dispersal order has been slapped on Salford’s Peel Park after reports of antisocial behaviour in the area.

Storm Dennis has destroyed a bridge crossing the River Irwell in Salford.

Salford was placed at risk of flooding by the Environment Agency last weekend but the city's brand new £10m flood defences managed to stay strong.

This weekend is forecast to be another washout with Storm Dennis set to bring heavy rain and strong winds.

Little pools of dirty brown water cover the tiled floor of Charlie and Nikki Whittaker's home.