A probe has been launched after the body of a man in his 30s was found on a Liverpool residential street. Merseyside Police said the man was discovered on Kersey Road in Kirkby at around 12.50pm today.

Police are currently treating the death as unexplained. Several roads have been cordoned off, and a forensic tent has been erected on Kersey Road. One resident said: "No one can come in or out while they investigate." Witnesses reported seeing a man lying on the ground.

One man living nearby said his friend's daughter had found the man, who had facial injuries and did not have shoes on, reports the Liverpool Echo.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "We can confirm that an investigation is underway following the death of a man in Kirkby.

"At around 12.50pm this afternoon, Saturday 27 June, we received a report from North West Ambulance Service that a man in his 30s was found deceased on Kersey Road.

"A police cordon is in place on Kersey Road and his death is being treated as unexplained whilst enquiries remain ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what happened."

Anyone with information is being urged to contact Merseyside Police social media desk via X or Facebook @MerPolCC. You can also report information via their website or by calling 101 quoting log 513 of Saturday June 27.

Alternatively, you contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their website.