Rescue teams searching the River Irwell in Salford have found a man's body.

Police and fire crews were first called to the scene, behind KFC and Grosvenor Casino in Ordsall, at 11.50pm on Monday night.

The emergency workers used night vision goggles, thermal imaging cameras, sniffer dogs and a water rescue unit to search the area around Woden Street footbridge. After working for several hours they called off the search, but returned after dawn on Tuesday morning to continue looking.

A man's body has now been found, an eyewitness said.

A GMP spokesman confirmed: “At around 11.50pm on Monday, April 6, police were called to a river near to Woden Street, Salford, following reports that a man had been seen in the river."

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said their teams used night vision goggles, thermal imaging cameras and other methods to search the River Irwell and its banks between 12.50am and 2.30am on Tuesday. They returned to assist the police investigation on Tuesday morning after dawn.