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died after going into the River Irwell in Bury during a heatwave in June 2019. Three other children - who, for legal reasons, can only be referred to as Child One, Two and Three - were with at the time of her death.On Wednesday (November 26), the inquest, at Rochdale Coroners' Court, was played a recording of a police interview with Child One, who was with Shukri in the river in the moments before she drowned.

Radcliffe last year.Zakari William Bennett-Eko was just 11-months-old when his body was pulled from the water on September 11, 2019.A trial previously heard that Bennett-Eko suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and that he 'believed that his son was the devil and that he was being told to drown him' at the time of the fatal incident.The 23-year-old dad had stopped taking his psychosis medication, causing his mental health to deteriorate, the court was told.Prosecutors allege that Bennett-Eko is

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

temporary Nightingale court at Salford's Lowry Theatre charged with murdering the youngster.Rob Hall, prosecuting, told a jury that there were a number of facts from the incident which both the prosecution and defence had agreed upon."At 4.20pm in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Radcliffe, Zak Bennet-Echo threw his 11-month-old son Zakari into the River Irwell," he said."There's no dispute that, at the time, Mr Bennett-Eko was suffering a mental illness.

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

Salboy are behind the £120m Castle Irwell project, which will see 500 family homes built on a brand new neighbourhood in Salford. The development is set on land surrounded by the River Irwell which was once the site of Manchester Racecourse.

A 'state-of-the-art' solar farm and new hydro-electric schemes in the River Irwell will soon power 638 homes.A total of 5,094 solar panels are planned for a plot of coarse grassland west of Kenyon Way in Little Hulton, with work set to start on site by summer 2021.The work will take approximately five months to complete, after which the solar farm is expected to generate enough electricity for 438 homes a year.Salford council has also put forward plans for a hydro-electric installation at

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.

River Irwell near Manchester city centre.Emergency services were called to the water near Bridge Street in Salford, at 12.06pm on Wednesday (12 August). Eye witnesses described seeing a large response, with police, fire crews and paramedics at the scene.

n 2014 scientists found that pollution caused by calcium carbonate in the water had created a similar issue. In that case the water turned first green and then a shade of milky white.

Radcliffe. Zakari William Bennett-Eko died after he was found in the River Irwell near to a bridge on Blackburn Street on September 11.The 11-month old was retrieved from the water and taken to hospital but he died later.

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.