Emergency services were scrambled to the banks of a canal in the shadow of Manchester City's Etihad Stadium complex following a tragic discovery this morning (October 26).
A boater is believed to have been negotiating a lock while navigating a narrowboat along the stretch of water. He had pulled the vessel up close to lock number 9, and had gone up to prepare the lock to continue his journey to Ashton.
It was then he spotted a body in the water at around 11am. Greater Manchester Police were then called to the scene. READ MORE: Labour MP Mike Amesbury filmed berating member of public in late-night taxi rank row Clayton Lane was temporarily shut off by police who erected a tent at the side of the water.
This afternoon, the force has confirmed a body, believed to be of a man, was pulled from a stretch of the Ashton Canal in Clayton..
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