Runners take respite in the shade of the trees around Sefton Park during the Womens’ 10k race, on a particularly hot Sunday morning.  Thunderstorms rumbled, flash floods scored instant rivers and hailstones bounced off the tarmac later in the afternoon, but I doubt there were many still running by then…

The 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock is in two parts.. This side is the sculpture of Archbishop Derek Worlock. When you see it up close you realise the intricate work that has gone into it.

The 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent has a dramatic sculpture of Archbishop Derek Worlock on one side. When you see the detail up close you realise the intricate work that has gone into making the sculptor.

After the unveiling of the 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock, the families of the two bishops were joined by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Rt Rev James Jones, and the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly for official photographs. The statues unveiling, during the Merseyside Churches Together walk, is the culmination of a three-year campaign to honour the memory of the two Christian giants who worked together to bring greater harmony between Catholics and Anglicans in the city.

At todays unveiling of the 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock, among the first to admire the memorial which takes the form of two bronze doors was Grace Sheppard, wife of Bishop Sheppard, and Margaret Hayward, step sister-in law of Archbishop Warlock.

Bronze statues of two of Merseyside’s most revered religious leaders were unveiled today before thousands of worshippers. The statue is being officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool with The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, and the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly. The sculpture was paid for by public subscription after an appeal from the Daily Posts sister paper the Liverpool Echo, which saw hundreds of donations flood in from individuals, congregations, councils, companies and organisations. The 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock.

The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, and the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly, led a procession of up to 3,000 Christians through Liverpool today on a Walk of Witness. They took it in turns to read a specially-created memorial liturgy as they walked from the Metropolitan Cathedral to Liverpool Cathedral. Half-way between the two cathedrals on Hope Street, they stopped to unveil a 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock.