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Police on Merseyside have started a campaign to keep revellers safe over the festive period.

Officers will be handing out leaflets to promote personal safety at shopping centres across Merseyside. Knife-detection arches will be placed outside bars and clubs later, and the police will be visiting various venues.

Supt Bill McWilliam said: "We will be targeting offenders intent on causing misery over Christmas." A personal safety website has also been set up.

Mr McWilliam added: "We want to reassure the public that we're taking action and also remind them that they need to take responsibility for themselves, their property and cash when they're out and about."

I do wish the police would stop with these lazy incentives and start doing more walking. You'd think they'd have got the message by now.