A helicopter is circling over a Merseyside beach in a search for a high risk missing person.
Merseyside Police received a call at 18.57pm on Tuesday, October 11 and emergency services descended onto Ainsdale beach a short time later. People living in the area reported hearing "loads of sirens" before a police helicopter was spotted circling above.
Police have been joined by the Coastguard and the North West Ambulance Service at the scene.
