Man held after deaths of woman and children

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were discovered in the former home of John Lennon.

Police were called to a ground-floor flat in Falkner Street, Toxteth, at around 7.30pm on Tuesday after witnesses said they heard screams.

Neighbours yesterday told of their shock after hearing of the deaths, with one claiming he heard “continuous female screams” and saw a man being “rushed out” into an ambulance.

The property is regularly visited by Beatles fans as the band’s manager Brian Epstein had owned a flat there, and Lennon lived there with his first wife Cynthia after they married.