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Abbie Walton, also known as Habiba Sharafeldin, from Tameside, went for a swim in the River Etherow in June this year but got into difficulties and was later found drowned

Abbie Walton, 15, of Hattersley, Tameside, went to a the River Etherow in nearby Broadbottom with friends on June 14.

Tony Dodd has warned people about open water after his brother Wayne drowned in Ashton Canal, Greater Manchester, in 2011 aged 43 after falling in while walking home from a night at the pub

Abbie Walton, who died after being pulled from a Tameside river, was "always smiling", her sister says.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a "beautiful" 15-year-old girl who died after being pulled from a river.Abbie Walton got into difficulty in the near the Ri

The death toll spanning Cumbria, Manchester and St Helens, Merseyside, has reached five teenagers who all lost their lives playing in waterways in the last month.

Heartfelt tributes have been shared on social media after Abbie Walton, 15, drowned in the River Etherow just hours after spending the afternoon enjoying a village barbecue in Broadbottn, Greater Manchester on Wednesday

Medical team unable to save teenager in ‘devastating’ incident

Greater Manchester Police said the teenager was found after a search near Hodge Lane, Broadbottom, after the villages annual duck race and barbecue, with a medical team unable to save her.

The girl, who hasn't been identified, fell into the water not long after the village of Broadbottom hosted its annual duck race.