The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be protected by a ring of steel involving 5,500 police officers across 11 days.
The terror alert level across the UK as a whole is currently 'substantial', meaning a terrorist attack is likely, although Merseyside Police experts say there is no specific intelligent of a threat to the spectacular series of events in the city next month.
As part of our Eurovision hosting duties, a mammoth protective operation is underway, involving specially trained officers from Merseyside and beyond as well as the intelligence services, Counter Terrorism Policing and armies of CCTV operators.
