BBC Verify has examined videos of the incident in which a car drove into a crowd during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade on Monday evening. Dozens have been injured, including four children, according to authorities. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has more. Verification by Benedict Garman, Joshua Cheetham, Richard Irvine-Brown and Tom Spencer. Graphics by...
PA Media A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car hit a number of pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the Premier League victory parade. Eyewitnesses and videos shared on social media have shown the vehicle driving through a crowd as people scatter. Details are still emerging but here is what we know so...
Witnesses have described the “horrendous” moment a car “rammed” into a crowd of people who were attending Liverpool FC’s victory parade following their Premier League win. Merseyside Police said a number of pedestrians were hit by the vehicle in Water Street, Liverpool just after 18:00 BST. Dozens were injured, two of them seriously, with 27...
Four children are among the dozens of people injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at the Liverpool FC parade. Twenty-seven people were taken to hospital, and two suffered serious injuries. A 53-year-old white British man has been arrested and is believed to be the driver of the vehicle, according to Merseyside Police. Read...
Oh, this is ghastly. And Lord almighty – what a classic British police statement. Police are responding to an incident near the Liverpool Football Club parade after a car collided with several pedestrians. The incident happened as thousands of fans lined the streets of the city to celebrate Liverpool’s Premier League title victory. A police...
Ken Banks BBC North East Scotland reporter SNS Aberdeen celebrates their win with an open top bus parade Thousands of Aberdeen fans have gathered to see the club parade the Scottish Cup through the city after their win over Celtic. The Dons won a dramatic penalty shoot-out 4-3 at Hampden on Saturday, to claim the...
The final weekend of the Premier League season will be one of celebrations for Liverpool and their fans after the Reds claimed their 20th English top-flight title. The party will begin on Friday, 23 May at the LFC Foundation’s gala, where funds will be raised to support the club’s charity. Former manager – and LFC...
PA Spurs won the Europa League in Bilbao on Wednesday night Tottenham Hotspur will celebrate their first European trophy for 41 years with an open-top bus parade in north London on Friday. Spurs enjoyed one of the great nights in their history with a 1-0 win over fellow Premier League strugglers Manchester United in Bilbao....
David Spereall BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images Fifty-four Bradford supporters and two Lincoln fans died in the disaster Forty years ago this weekend, what should have been a day of celebration for Bradford City turned into one of tragedy as a fire swept through the club’s home ground and claimed the lives of 56 fans....
Russia’s President Putin has been joined by China’s Xi Jinping and more than 20 international leaders as his country remembered the end of World War Two in Europe with a huge parade in Moscow. The annual Victory Day spectacle is always eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring’s Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says three things in particular stood...
Vladimir Putin has led Russia’s Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Red Square, amid heightened security following Ukrainian strikes on Moscow. China’s Xi Jinping joined the Russian president as he told thousands of soldiers that Russia remembered the lessons of World War Two. He also used his speech to tie the war to today’s...
Vladimir Putin is leading Russia’s Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Red Square and heightened security after days of Ukrainian strikes targeting the capital. Chinese President Xi Jingping is among more than 20 international leaders who have made the journey to Moscow. A unilateral, three-day ceasefire was announced by Russia to coincide with the...
Angela Ferguson BBC News, Liverpool PA Media Huge numbers of Liverpool fans lined the streets for the club’s last victory parade in 2022 Premier League champions Liverpool will parade through the city on an open-top bus, it has been announced. The Reds won 5-1 against Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday to secure their second Premier...
TV presenters Ant and Dec joined the Newcastle team on their open double-decker bus as they brandished the Carabao Cup trophy as its 2025 winners. The lifelong Newcastle fans remembered the team’s victory at Wembley and said they would “probably” cry like they did two weeks ago. “It’s been a long wait, but I’ll tell...
