The Latest Breaking News from Abbie Walton

'Don't do it, don't go for a swim' - man whose brother drowned in canal issues urgent summer safety warning

Tony Dodd spoke out after the death last month of 15-year-old Abbie Walton in Tameside

Manchester Evening News · Jul 8, 2023

'My brother drowned in a canal at 43 - it's not just kids who need water warnings'

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

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023

'Always smiling' schoolgirl, 15, who died in river tragedy was with her friends at the time

Tributes poured in for Abbie Walton, also known as Habiba Sharafeldin, after her death.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2023

Scene covered in touching tributes where Abbie Walton, 15, died in water

Dozens of flowers and balloons have been placed near the River Etherow where the teenager tragically died

Manchester Evening News · Jun 16, 2023

"We all love you and miss you - from your Year 10 girls": Floral tributes left near scene after girl, 15, dies in river tragedy

"Forever 15 beautiful girl"

Manchester Evening News · Jun 15, 2023

Tragedy as two teen girls from same school die in water-related incidents in less than a year

Abbie Walton got into difficulty in the River Etherow near Hodge Lane in Broadbottom, Tameside on Wednesday night.

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2023

Heartbreak as two young girls from same school die less than a year apart in water-related tragedies

Abbie Walton died after being pulled from the River Etherow - less than a year after the tragic death of Lucy Smith

Manchester Evening News · Jun 15, 2023

Girl dead in lake tragedy after village duck race named as friends pay tribute

Tributes have poured in for a 15-year-old schoolgirl who died in a river not long after a village duck race had finished, with medics at the scene sadly unable to save her

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2023