Oil could reach Merseyside's coastline 'in weeks' after an 80,000 litre spill, Sefton Council has confirmed.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that " tar balls " could wash up on Merseyside's coastline, after around 500 barrels of oil leaked from a pipe near North Wales.
Authorities in Southport, Crosby and Formby have warned that the leak of just under 80,000 litres may make it to our beaches 'in weeks'.