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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ashlie Blakey

Dispersal order put in place around Greater Manchester reservoir as police issue stark warning

A dispersal order has been issued around Audenshaw Reservoir in a bid to stop people from swimming in the water.

The order allows police to ask anyone within the vicinity around the reservoir to leave the area and not return. People are already banned from swimming in the waters, owned by United Utilities, but the order makes it illegal.

It comes amid a heatwave in our region, with police issuing a stark warning that the risks of 'injury and death in open water are very real'. Officers shared a map of the area covered by the dispersal order this morning.

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