Search underway on the River Mersey this afternoon (Image: Craig Manning / Newsquest)
EMERGENCY services are responding to a concern for safety at the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool today (Sunday, February 11).
Just before 9.50am, police were called to a report that what appeared to be the body of a man had been seen in the River Mersey.
Coastguard, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, North West Ambulance Service and Merseyside Police are currently at the scene and a search of the water is ongoing.
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