Both Catholic and Anglican leaders in Liverpool have spoken out in an effort to assuage shock and sadness after scores of people, including children, were injured by a car ploughing into crowds celebrating the Liverpool football team clinching the Premier League title.
While a sense of stunned disbelief continues to reverberate around the city and the country, there appears reason for cautious optimism regarding the state of the victims, with all now appearing not to be in a life-threatening situation.
