Victoria Sawyer, 30, was pushing her four-month-old daughter Jazmine in Leigh, near Wigan, when a couple attempted to snatch the child.

Greater Manchester Police said a 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were detained in Skelmersdale on suspicion of attempted abduction.

Mrs Sawyer, who lives in Leigh, was walking across a pelican crossing near the junction of Hulme Road and Wigan Road on August 12 when the incident happened..

Both mother and child were unhurt in the ordeal.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Detectives investigating the attempted abduction of a baby in Leigh have arrested two people.

"A 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were arrested in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on suspicion of attempted abduction.

"They are currently being interviewed by detectives."