Emergency services rushed to a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool, tonight with a police cordon now in place after a man ...

Stanley Road remains open as normal, but officers are guarding the cordon. The nature of the incident has not yet been ...

A man in his 40s has been attacked with an axe near a shopping centre, police have said. Merseyside Police, which believes ...

A man came into a fast food restaurant after he had been "hit in the side of his face with an axe" during a busy afternoon at a shopping centre, sparking a police investigation ...

"He looked like he'd been hit in the side of his face with an axe" ...

Bootle Strand was cordoned off by police ...

The victim remains in hospital.

Sefton Council's Cabinet is set to approve the major Bootle Area Action Plan this week, with the aim of making it a better place to live, work and thrive.

Witnesses have described the horror of the attack in the UK town ...