Blind pensioner beaten with stick

Merseyside Police are hunting two men who attacked a pensioner with his own walking stick, in what they believe was a racist attack.

The 71-year-old Asian man, who is registered blind, had just left the Shahjalal Mosque on Borough Road, Birkenhead, when his attackers struck.

He was punched in the face and beaten unconscious by two white men who had stepped out from a bus stop.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack which happened on Saturday.

They say that nothing was stolen and are looking for two males in their late teens, who were wearing baseball caps.

The attack took place at around 2230 BST on the corner of Borough Road and Whetstone Lane as the man was walking home after praying at the mosque.