MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: Follow live coverage as police attend a major incident in Southport where multiple people have been injured following reports of a stabbing.
A local resident said she left work immediately to check on her daughters when she heard news of the attack in Southport, adding that parents have been checking in with one another. Joanne Newman told BBC News: 'I got a call from a very, very good friend of mine, I was in work completely oblivious to it and as soon as she told me I literally ran out of work. 'I don't know how I managed to drive back to be fair - my priority was just my girls, my girls, my girls.
' 'I knew my eldest daughter was taking her to a friend's house and I'm just so thankful to God that they're safe.' She continued: 'Nobody can believe it, all the local mums have checked in with one another - I'm sure we're all going to know somebody from that awful, that poor group.
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