Frightening footage from the scene shows the car accelerating into the crowd several times before being stopped by bystanders

A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area has been arrested after a car ploughed into a crowd of people during Liverpool FC’s victory parade, Merseyside Police said.

A spokesperson for the force said: “We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool city centre.

“We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area