The ambulance service reported the woman, in her 50s, was found at a property on Meols Cop Road, Southport, shortly after 6pm on Wednesday.

Sir Keir Starmer has so far lost four members of his Government during his first year as Prime Minister – fewer than some of his immediate predecessors during their initial 12 months in office.

Anneliese Dodds has quit as international development minister over the decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending. The Labour MP for Oxford East posted on X: “It is with sadness ...