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

Emergency services rushed to a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool, tonight with a police cordon now in place after a man suffered injuries to his head and face from a 'bladed weapon' ...

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

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 ...

Bootle Strand was cordoned off by police ...

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.

The victim remains in hospital.

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