Police can be seen combing a huge area of road and woodland
Pictures from the scene show officers searching in hedgegrow and woodland near the church.
Officers can also be seen in pictures walking down a street, with their heads down, searching the road for something.Merseyside Police has said it is responding to an incident in St Chad's Garden’s on Old Hall Lane, Kirkby.We have been given no more information in regards to what the incident is related to.There are a large number of matrix police vans at the scene and scientific support officers.
Our reporter Abigail Nicholson is also at the scene and has just said armed police officers have just arrived.
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