The 10-year-old victim was riding her bicycle along Duchy Road, near to the park and Central Avenue, at around 8.30pm on Friday.

The incident happened shortly after 12pm on Friday 21 August when the duo burst through the side door of a house on Douglas Bank Drive.

Officers have released a CCTV image of the man they wish to speak to as well as an appeal for two witnesses near the bus station.

Mr Lloyd paid tribute to Sylvia Lancaster on the anniversary of the death of her daughter Sophie, who was murdered in 2007 when she and her boyfriend were attacked Stubbylee Park, Bacup.

Shortly after 6.20pm on Monday 17 August 2015, three men broke into the house of the 79-year-old on Norford Way in Rochdale.

Police have released CCTV following a theft at the bureau de change at the Asda store, which happened shortly before 3.45pm on July 29.

Little information has been given out by the Home Office about the changes to the police funding formula, but – based on the scant information available – Greater Manchester could be facing an additional cut to its police service of between £53m and £75m.

Man, 24, remains in a critical condition following the attack, which took place in the early hours of Sunday.

The unprovoked attack happened outside the Planet USA takeaway on South Parade, Rochdale, at about 5am on July 26.

A man, who posted sexually explicit photos of a woman on Facebook without her consent, has been jailed in the first sentencing in Greater Manchester under new revenge porn legislation.

A Salford man has been shot in the hip and investigating officers believe it may be connected to the ‘targeted attack’ that killed Paul Massey a few weeks ago.