Shutters stayed down and shop workers were bemused after Merseyside Police shut Bold Street for a number of hours this morning.
The city centre street that sees hundreds of people walk up and down a day was rocked when people on their way to work were welcomed with a "huge" police cordon that spanned from the junction with Hannover Street up to the British Heart Foundation shop. Despite no confirmation from the police, people working on the street were led to believe something serious had happened.
One member of staff at Bernardo's said she arrived at work in the morning and was forced to walk around the other side with police and forensics at the scene. She said: "It was cordoned off from right at the bottom up to the British Heart Foundation.
