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Daily Record
27-05-2025
- Daily Record
Real reason snipers were seen during parade crash in Liverpool revealed
Title celebrations were cut short in the city after the vehicle was seen driving through crowds on Water Street. Police snipers spotted in Liverpool were not there because of the car crash that left a number of people injured, it has been confirmed. Title celebrations were cut short in the city after the vehicle was seen driving through crowds on Water Street. More than 50 people were taken to hospital and officers said in a press conference this afternoon that a 53-year-old white British suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs. The incident is not being treated as terror related - however, as reported by the Echo, questions were raised as to why a sniper presence was spotted at the scene following the incident. Footage of the incident quickly circulated on social media and eyewitness accounts said people "were flying into the air" as they were hit by the car. A video of what appeared to be a police sniper team on the Queensway Tunnel Ventilation Tower has circulated on social media, with people questioning "did the police expect an incident?" The decision to deploy rooftop sniper teams in the city centre was, however, "purely planning for a major event", our sister title understands from sources. Merseyside Police had an armed presence in the city centre due to the scale and magnitude of Liverpool's title-winning parade. This included the Project Servator team, which contains high-visibility armed officers. The decision to deploy sniper teams is reportedly taken at any event of this significance and size. Previously armed police have been deployed to events in the city including the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, last year, the Grand National, and even at Liverpool's Christmas Markets. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. The parade celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title win saw crowds gather along the 15km bus route to catch a glimpse of the stars. However, the scenes of joy quickly turned to horror when a car was driven into the crowd. Merseyside Police is carrying out extensive enquiries to establish the circumstances leading up to the incident, with questions being asked about how the car was able to access a key city centre road that had been closed to traffic because of the parade. At this afternoon's press conference, Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said: "I want to take the opportunity to pay tribute to the brave members of the emergency services who were on the scene of yesterday's incident within a matter of seconds. "Following such a shocking incident, they immediately ran towards an extremely uncertain and potentially dangerous situation in an effort to protect members of the public and fellow emergency responders from harm. "Merseyside Police continues to work with other emergency services, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool City Combined Regional Authority, local hospitals and health providers and Liverpool Football Club collectively in response to this incident. "An extensive investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident is ongoing, and we continue to ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident and refrain from sharing distressing content online."
Daily Mirror
27-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Police snipers spotted during Liverpool parade crash
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a car crash left dozens of people injured during Liverpool's title celebrations in the city centre Police snipers spotted in Liverpool city centre were not there because of the car crash that left a number of people injured, it has been confirmed. Liverpool's title celebrations were cut short after the vehicle was seen driving through crowds on Water Street. More than 50 people were taken to hospital. Officers said in a press conference this afternoon that a white British suspect, 53, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs. The incident is not being treated as terror related. Following the incident, questions were raised as to why a sniper presence was spotted at the scene, reports the ECHO. Footage of the incident quickly circulated on social media and eyewitness accounts said people "were flying into the air" as they were hit by the car. A video of what appeared to be a police sniper team on the Queensway Tunnel Ventilation Tower has circulated on social media, with people questioning "did the police expect an incident?" However, the decision to deploy rooftop sniper teams in the city centre was "purely planning for a major event", the ECHO understands from sources. Merseyside Police had an armed presence in the city centre due to the scale and magnitude of Liverpool's title-winning parade. This included the Project Servator team, which contains high-visibility armed officers. The decision to deploy sniper teams is reportedly taken at any event of this significance and size. Previously armed police have been deployed to events in the city including the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, last year, the Grand National, and even at Liverpool's Christmas Markets. The parade celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title win saw crowds gather along the 15km bus route to catch a glimpse of the stars. However, the scenes of joy quickly turned to horror when a car was driven into the crowd. Merseyside Police is carrying out extensive enquiries to establish the circumstances leading up to the incident, with questions being asked about how the car was able to access a key city centre road that had been closed to traffic because of the parade. At this afternoon's press conference, Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said: "I want to take the opportunity to pay tribute to the brave members of the emergency services who were on the scene of yesterday's incident within a matter of seconds. "Following such a shocking incident, they immediately ran towards an extremely uncertain and potentially dangerous situation in an effort to protect members of the public and fellow emergency responders from harm. "Merseyside Police continues to work with other emergency services, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool City Combined Regional Authority, local hospitals and health providers and Liverpool Football Club collectively in response to this incident. "An extensive investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident is ongoing, and we continue to ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident and refrain from sharing distressing content online."
Forbes
20-03-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Is Austerity The Price Of Defending Europe?
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, speaks ... [+] during the Labour Party Conference 2024 at ACC Liverpool on September 25, 2024 in Liverpool, England. This is Labour's first conference since they were returned as the governing party of The UK and Northern Ireland by voters in the July election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. They won with a landslide majority of 172 seats, and 412 in total. (Photo by) While Germany's Green party has ultimately consented to the increase in military and infrastructure spending, Germany has scope to add debt. Britain, France and Spain do not and as such policy debates in the major European countries are focusing again on fiscal reform. They are now part of a growing trend of European countries being forced int austerity, at a potentially very unpopular political cost. In the UK, Labour is enacting deep cuts to disability payments – something unpopular with much of its party – but that will have a material impact on the UK's fiscal outlook. Since COVID disability insurance payouts have rocketed – owing to the ease of the appraisal process, the rise in mental disability in the post COVID period and the tendency of some to substitute disability social welfare for other formed of state aid (that have been cut back). One in ten people of working age in the UK are claiming benefits. The rise in disability payouts has also skewed the UK labour market with of young workers opting out of the labour market and this has hurt growth and productivity. On Tuesday (18th) the UK's work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, in a 'Pathways to Work' greenpaper, announced a series of measures that will make future disability payments harder to claim, soften conditions for those with severe physical disability and measures to incentivise people to return to work. While the measures were criticised by charities and some on the left of Labour, they can be taken as evidence of Labour's determination to manage the budget and to bolster growth. Also, In France the prime minister Francois Bayrou has recently re-opened the debate on the reform of pensions by having it analysed by a conclave of social partners (e.g. unions), but he has warned that the rise in the pension age from 62 to 64 will not be reversed. Pensions and social welfare costs are one of the largest drains on French government finances and an area where France is well ahead of its EU peers in terms of its generosity to its citizens. Spain for its part is facing growing scrutiny over its relatively small level of defence spending (1.3% GDP) and poor combat readiness. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has tried to bargain for cybersecurity spending, climate related spending and counter-terrorism to count as part of government sending but this has been rejected by EU partners. Sanchez has a very thin margin in parliament and will soon have to try to vote through a budget for 2025. In summary, there is now a trend towards fiscal consolidation in the world economy and arguably a passage towards central banks as the underwriters of growth. In Europe the political euphoria around the Union's move to bolster its defences is giving way to reality around hard financial choices. In most European countries, politically unpopular fiscal questions will be revisited as we move through 2025.
