A man whose brother drowned in a canal on a night out has issued an urgent warning to all over the summer months, saying: "You just wish people wouldn't do it - don't go for a swim. But they don't seem to listen."
Tony Dodd said it's not just teenagers who need to be warned about the dangers of open water, recalling his younger brother Wayne's death at the age of 43. He spoke out after a spate of recent water tragedies, including the death last month of 15-year-old Abbie Walton in the River Etherow in Broadbottom, Tameside.
Tony's brother Wayne, of Mansfield Road, Hyde, was walking home along the Ashton Canal on August 26, 2011, after drinking at a pub when it's believed he tripped and fell in. His body was found the following morning by a passing barge.
