Police are in attendance amid a rescue operation on the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford. Officers are at the scene at Irlam ...

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The Bridgewater Canal was built by James Brindley ... The canal is 15 miles long with a rise of 187 feet between Manchester, Bolton and Bury. It has 17 locks and six aqueducts.

Luckily we’re spoilt for good walks in Greater Manchester and there’s ... From Marple Locks to the Bridgewater canal, we’ve got no shortage of waterside walks you can do.

Part of a canal ... Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat member ...

A search operation on the Manchester Ship Canal has now entered its second week after a man entered the water at Irlam Locks. Emergency services first descended on the area at around 8.30pm last ...

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the family of Peter Baglin, 55, of Boothstown, Salford, have been informed. Officers were searching an area near the Bridgewater Canal at about 10:48 GMT on ...

It happened on Barton Lane in Eccles at about 21:45 BST on Monday, Greater Manchester Police said. The road, which runs under the Bridgewater Canal, is closed in both directions until the damage ...