Good afternoon, these are the latest lunchtime ECHO headlines.
Blood spatters on road but no victim found after scene cordoned off
Blood spatters led police to block off a road and carry out extensive enquiries into where it came from.
Police received reports of blood on Avondale Road in Southport at around 11.30am.
Yesterday, November 22, Merseyside Police confirmed the road was closed and cited "suspicious circumstances".
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Today the force confirmed what was on the road was blood, but the circumstances surrounding how it got there are still unknown.
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Liverpool Councillor and former Lord Mayor Anna Rothery quits Labour party
A Liverpool Councillor and former Lord Mayor of the city has quit the Labour Party.
Anna Rothery, who earlier this year put herself forward to be the next elected Mayor of Liverpool, has written to the party's General Secretary David Evans to resign from the party.
Cllr Rothery, who has represented Princes Park ward in the Liverpool 8 area since 2006, will now sit as an independent councillor on Liverpool Council.
In a letter to Mr Evans, Cllr Rothery was heavily critical of the party and leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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Man in wheelchair stabbed in 'cowardly attack' outside shop
A man who was in a wheelchair was stabbed in the arm following an argument.
At around 8.30pm on Thursday, November 11, there was a verbal altercation between two men outside The Off Licence near to the junction of Townsend Lane and Lower Breck Road in Anfield.
Detective Inspector Ben Dyer said: “This is a callous and cowardly attack to a vulnerable person.
"I am appealing to the person featured in these images, or anyone who recognises him to come forward."
Read the full story here.
