Granada Rochdale

While Lilly's arrival surprised many residents, schools had received letters earlier this month inviting pupils to meet her outside Rochdale Town Hall.

Former GMP detective inspector Frank Morris, told a public inquiry the police investigation into Mohammed Syadul Hussain should not have been closed in 2014.

Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, died in a “brutal and ferocious” attack with a hammer in a children’s play area in Rochdale in 2016.