Woman released

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman from Bury who sparked a major police search after claiming a baby had been abandoned by the side of a road has been released without charge.

Police began the search after receiving a mobile phone call from the Failsworth area on May 10.

Officers feared a girl had given birth and left the baby near the Owd Betts pub on the Rochdale-Edenfield border.

Forensic tests carried out on a bloody bag and knitted blanket discovered at the scene confirmed it was human blood, but no girl or baby was found.