A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven into a crowd in Liverpool on Monday, police say - follow live updates in our new page here
The 53-year-old, from Liverpool's West Derby, has also been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drugs and dangerous driving offences
Merseyside Police say 11 people remain in hospital but all are in a stable condition - more than 50 people were injured
The suspected driver was able to follow an ambulance after a road block was lifted so a member of the public could be treated, officers add in an update
Thousands of people had been on the city's streets for Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade - BBC Verify has analysed key footage of what happened
Watch: BBC Verify looks at how the incident unfolded
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool
Image source, EPAPolice in white forensic suits have arrived at Water Street and begun taking photographs of the area.
They can be seen heading into a white tent.
Image source, Reuters
Image source, PA MediaJonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool
Flavio Conti had travelled from France to watch yesterday's parade and had a prime spot on top of the traffic lights on Water Street.
He said he heard people shouting and crying and helped security to remove barriers to allow ambulances and police vehicles to get to the scene.
However, he wasn't aware of the reason why until later when he heard the news of what had happened.
He returned this morning to get his Liverpool flag which was still tied to the traffic lights.
Image source, Getty ImagesA few former Liverpool players have commented on yesterday's events.
Defender Jamie Carragher posted on X last night: "Devastating end to the day… just pray everyone is OK".
Robbie Fowler has also posted on X, external: "Heartbreaking news... absolutely sickened with what's happened here in Liverpool."
As we reported earlier, one of the club's icons, former manager Sir Kenny Dalglish, says he was "shocked, horrified and deeply saddened" by the incident at the end of the parade.
Moment car drives into crowd at Liverpool trophy parade
Tens of thousands of people were on the streets of Liverpool on the bank holiday Monday to celebrate Liverpool FC winning the Premier League when a car ploughed through a crowd on Water Street at around 18:00 BST.
The area had been closed to normal traffic for the parade. According to an eyewitness, the LFC bus had gone by about 10 minutes before.
Within two hours of the incident, Merseyside Police said it had arrested a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.
During a news conference just before 23:00 BST, police said the incident was not being treated as terror-related.
Emergency services said 27 people were taken to various hospitals across Liverpool, and that two people, including one child, suffered serious injuries.
Three adults and one child were removed from beneath the vehicle, the fire service said.
Image source, PA MediaA view of Water Street, in Liverpool, about an hour after the incident
Water Street remains closed this morning.
No further information has been provided about the 53-year-old man - believed to be the driver of the vehicle - and no formal charge has been made at this time.
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool Football Club's CEO Billy Hogan has extended the club's "heartfelt thoughts" to the fans affected by yesterday's incident on Water Street.
In a statement, Hogan reflects on a weekend of "celebration, emotion and joy" that ended in "unimaginable scenes of distress".
He goes on to pay tribute to emergency services, while also thanking supporters who witnessed the event and "helped each other where they could".
Hogan says the football club is continuing to work with local authorities and police, and urges anyone with information to get in touch with Merseyside Police.
Churches Together in Merseyside, a body representing various churches in the region, says it is "appalled and saddened" by the yesterday's events.
In a statement, the organisation says now should be a time to "come together as a community and hold those caught up in this dreadful incident".
"Let us remember that this is an isolated incident, and our city will always be defined by all that this parade was intended to epitomise," the statement says.
"We will never walk alone."
Watch: Keir Starmer says country stands with Liverpool after car ramming
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he is being kept updated with the police investigation in Liverpool, and sends his thoughts to the community in his first comments this morning.
“Liverpool stands together and the whole country stands with them," Starmer tells broadcasters.
The prime minister also thanks the first responders "who did a fantastic job last night and continue to do so”.
He says he is "being updated frequently" on the police investigation, while also remaining in close contact with Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram.
Starmer is also asked about the police's decision to share the suspect's ethnicity early on, and he refuses to be drawn on whether this was the correct decision.
“That is a matter for the police and the investigation is ongoing so I think we need to leave that for them," he responds.
Image source, ReutersFormer Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp says he and his family are "shocked and devastated" over what happened at the parade yesterday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are injured and affected", he says in a post on Instagram.
"You'll never walk alone," the statement concludes, referencing the club's famous motto.
Yesterday's incident is not being treated as terror-related. But what does that mean?
Police only define events as terrorism if they are considered to have been intended to influence the government or intimidate the public for the purpose of "advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause".
In the context of yesterday's events, this means that the police would have to prove that the driver of the vehicle harmed the victims because of one of these four causes.
If they are unable to link their suspect to one of these causes, then officers would need to seek an alternative charge.
We don't yet know which offence the 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of, but we'll keep you updated as soon as we hear more from Merseyside Police.
Michael Perkins
BBC Radio Merseyside
Image source, PA MediaThe most noticeable thing this morning is the contrast between the quiet where the officers are stood on Water Street and the debris from the parade strewn across.
It's mostly piled up between the road side and the concrete curb. There's a mixture of cans and bottles, but there are also scarves and wooden sticks which held flags.
Image source, ReutersA discarded Liverpool scarf lies on the ground at the scene on Water Street
A streetsweeper in an orange jacket has begun the clean-up operation, but he can't clear anything beyond the blue and white police tape which marks out the cordon.
It's clear how quickly things unfolded, and it's an indication of the chaos as people tried to get out of the way of the vehicle.
I'm across The Strand from the Liver Building where we were broadcasting from yesterday. The atmosphere remains very strange as traffic flows to my right and people make their way up and down the pavement going about their daily business.
Questions need to be asked about how the driver of the car was able to access a "road which should have been closed", says Charlotte Hennessy, whose dad James died in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
She was with her husband and sons at the start of the parade at Allerton Maze and says she was nervous about the the traffic building up behind where they were told to stand on Menlove Avenue.
"I told my husband it was dangerous as there was so much traffic immediately behind where we were stood," she says.
She had particular concerns when huge coaches passed and were "so close" to thousands of people lining the streets.
The BBC has asked Merseyside Police to confirm if Water Street was open at the time of the incident.
Jaikishen from London was dancing on the street at his first ever parade on the afternoon the incident occurred.
"I had so much fun," he tells BBC Radio 5 Live. “We left 15 minutes before the incident. Happiness turned into sadness when I heard about this."
At the time, he remembers asking why the roads were still open to allow cars through when there were still large crowds present.
“This memory will be with me all the time now. I didn’t sleep last night,” he adds.
Ali Gordon
BBC News NI
Image source, PA MediaJack Trotter was celebrating Liverpool's Premier League win with friends
A man from Northern Ireland who was struck by the car at the parade has now left hospital.
Speaking to BBC News NI from hospital on Monday night, Jack Trotter, from Newtownards, County Down, said he was in "absolute agony".
He had travelled to the parade with friends and his girlfriend, Abbie Gallagher, who was also hit by the vehicle.
"I'm writing this because I've got a million texts asking if I'm okay and it's crazy over here. I've barely any service," he wrote on social media.
"The parade was going unreal until the very end. Unfortunately I was hit. I'm extremely lucky as I dodged the car just in time; however, I still got hit.
"In absolute shock how an event like this can turn to such a tragedy," he adds.
Image source, Getty ImagesConservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she is "sickened" to hear that children are among the injured in Liverpool.
"It doesn’t matter if this is or isn’t classed as a terrorist incident, it’s still a heinous crime," she says in a social media post.
She adds that the incident stands in "stark contrast" to the actions of Liverpudlians, who "responded with extraordinary compassion".
"Liverpool stood firm, displaying kindness and decency in the face of horror," she says.
As we've been reporting, police say four children have been taken to hospital and almost 50 people are injured. A 53-year-old, white British man, who is believed to be the driver, has been arrested.
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool
Liverpool resident Chloe Firth was trying to get through the cordon on Castle Street to get to work this morning.
She says this weekend lots of people were in the city for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sefton Park, and then Liverpool FC's premier league trophy parade.
"You don’t expect to see that happen, do you?" she says about the news of yesterday's incident.
On seeing all the cordons in place she says: "It makes me feel as though they’re doing their job, obviously a bit inconvenient but a bit of inconvenience to make sure people are held accountable for their actions is fine."
"It was just horrendous after such a good weekend for Liverpool," she adds.
Image source, PA MediaThere is still a heavy police presence on Water Street this morning
Dal Babu, former Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, tells BBC 5 Live it is "unprecedented” for Merseyside Police to have released the ethnicity and race of a suspect so quickly.
This was the same police force that didn't provide this information in the immediate aftermath of the Southport attack in July 2024, when three girls were murdered.
In that case, false claims about the perpetrator were spread online including that he was a Muslim asylum seeker. Violent disorder broke out in the area in the aftermath of the attack.
“I think [releasing the suspect's ethnicity in this case] was to dampen down some of the speculation from the far right, that continues on X even as we speak, that this was a Muslim extremist," he tells the BBC.
It is “remarkably striking” as police will not release this kind of information because they will be worried about prejudicing any future trial, he says, but “they need to balance that against the potential of public disorder”.
Image source, Getty ImagesEmergency services pictured responding to yesterday's incident
Harry Rashid was on Water Street with his wife and three daughters when the incident unfolded.
The street became a chaotic scene, he says, with some bystanders lying on the ground while others were screaming.
"We were surrounded by a sea of people just confused and panicking," he tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Right before the driver of the car accelerated into the crowd, he saw people hitting the vehicle's windows, with some managing to briefly open the door.
Moments later, it ploughed forward.
"My daughters then started crying, so the first thing was trying to console them," Harry says.
Leader of Liverpool City Council, Liam Robinson, has urged the public not to speculate online about yesterday's incident.
"Any information that you do have, don’t share it on social media, share it directly with Merseyside Police," he tells BBC Breakfast.
He says he won't be speculating when asked how the car involved came to access a closed road.
Shortly after speaking to the BBC, Robinson headed for an emergency council meeting taking place behind closed doors.
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Reporting from Liverpool
Lifelong Liverpool fan Gavin Young was at the parade with his girlfriend, who he says is "traumatised" as she was "literally just 4ft away from the car ploughing into people".
The 46-year-old from south Wales says: "We came here to have fun. We'd been out all day partying and having fun.
"I [saw] the car and just heard screams and it was bedlam."
"It was the best day of our lives... what a city" Gavin says, and adds:
Quote MessageEveryone here... red, blue... it doesn't matter, they put their arms around you and have fun."
"Then for someone to do that and turn it on its head is unbelievable," he adds.