Clifton Country Park incident LIVE with major police search underway after boy enters water

Greater Manchester Police has now confirmed a search operation is underway.

Emergency services were called at 4.49pm on Saturday ‘to reports of boy getting into difficulty in the River Irwell at Clifton Country Park’.

Here’s the full police statement:

At around 4.49pm on Saturday 27 June 2026, we were called to reports of boy getting into difficulty in the River Irwell at Clifton Country Park. Emergency services and specialist search teams remain at the scene. The incident is ongoing.

No further details – or age for the boy – have been given.