A Wigan paedophile who sexually assaulted a schoolgirl in broad daylight is still on the loose – police have now released an e-fit of the man involved in this ‘distressing’ incident.

A man has been abducted in broad daylight from Market Street, dragged through the city centre and forced onto a train to Wigan with the threat of violence.

The incident occurred at around 8.30am on either Monday 29 or Tuesday 30 June 2015 when the girl was walking to school on Sandway, near to Beech Hill Lane.

Wigan’s community has been left ‘immensely distressed’ after callous vandals struck a cemetery, defacing several headstones.

Figures, requested under the Freedom of Information Act, shows that the cash-strapped council spent £62, 205.75 in 2014/15 alone, despite proposing 122 job cuts in December.

A dad who was struck with a crowbar after he confronted two suspected burglars in Wigan has been left with a broken arm and a cut to the head.

A masked gang who raided a post office in Wigan armed with crowbars and a knife are being tracked down by police.

Police are appealing to find two lump hammer brandishing robbers who raided their way into a Wigan hotel on bank holiday Monday.

A cyclist has died after a collision with a car, which left him with fatal injuries, in Wigan yesterday.

Andy Burnham has secured his seat in Leigh, with a majority of 53.65% an increase over the 48% he gained in 2010.

Exit polls by the BBC and YouGov put Conservatives ahead of Labour by 77 and 21 seats respectively, but Mr Burnham remains optimistic.