Man held after at least eight people injured in Southport stabbing

Armed officers seize knife after a number of people hurt in major incident', say Merseyside police

Southport stabbings: man detained - updates

At least eight people, feared to include several children, have been stabbed in Southport, where a man with a knife was arrested.

Merseyside police said they were responding to a major incident" at a property in the seaside town in north-west England, where there were a number of reported casualties".