Primark girl 'stable but poorly'

The girl was travelling up to the third floor when the accident happened

A three-year-old girl who fell about 100ft (30m) from a Liverpool shop's escalator remains in a stable but poorly condition in hospital.

The toddler broke her left leg and arm and suffered internal injuries in the fall in Primark on Friday afternoon.

The accident happened when she fell through a gap between the escalators to the lower ground floor while travelling up to the third floor with her family.

The Church Street store was closed afterwards but reopened on Saturday.

Additional security staff were drafted in to pay extra attention to the escalators as a precautionary measure.

Condition downgraded

A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "The girl's condition has now been downgraded from critical to stable but poorly.

"She suffered a broken left leg and left arm which have both been recast and she also received internal injuries."

A joint investigation into the accident, which happened shortly before 1330 BST on Friday, is being carried out by Merseyside Police, the Health and Safety Executive and Liverpool City Council.

The discount fashion store, which at 84,000 sq ft is one of the biggest in the UK, opened last September after a major redevelopment of what had been a Littlewoods store.

It covers five floors and is even larger than the branch on London's Oxford Street.