Police investigating death of boy, 2, at Merseyside nursery

‘An investigation has been commenced to establish the full circumstances and cause of death,’ a police statement said. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Police are investigating after a two-year-old boy died at a nursery in Liverpool.

The child, who has not been named, had “a fatal medical episode” at the nursery in Bootle on Tuesday afternoon, Merseyside police said.