Overview

• Emergency services launched a major overnight search after a report of a person entering the river near the Lowry Hotel around midnight.
• Specialist divers and marine units joined police, fire and ambulance crews to conduct underwater and grid searches along the River Irwell.
• A woman’s body was recovered shortly before lunchtime, prompting Greater Manchester Police to establish a cordon around Blackfriars Street.
• Detectives are investigating the incident and have not yet confirmed the woman’s identity or how she came to be in the water.
• This recovery is the latest in a series of welfare-related incidents in Manchester’s waterways that have required multi-agency operations this summer.