Stanley Road remains open as normal, but officers are guarding the cordon. The nature of the incident has not yet been confirmed by police but the ECHO understands an assault has taken place.

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 ...

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' ...

Merseyside Police appeals for anyone who witnessed the "shocking incident" to come forward.

Police swarmed a Merseyside shopping centre on Thursday night (January 22) after a man was attacked with a ‘bladed weapon’.