Two 11-year-old children found a gun and a quantity of ammunition whilst playing in Halewood Triangle Woods on Tuesday. When police carried out a more extensive search of the area, they discovered a second firearm with a magazine and ammunition.

Liverpool Council is to spend millions of pounds on bolstering its homelessness support options for the next five years. Subject to cabinet approval, the city council is to issue contracts worth almost £30m to offer vital support services to single people facing a housing crisis.

A rare Rothschild's giraffe has been born at Chester Zoo. The leggy newcomer arrived into the world to new mum Orla on Tuesday. The world's tallest mammal made quite the arrival into the world, with the calf falling from a height of six feet onto a bed of soft straw.