Updates as Liverpool John Lennon Airport has grounded flights and closed its runway after a private jet carrying FSG president Mike Gordon who who is responsible for the day to day running of Liverpool FC skidded off the runway this morning.

A spokesman for the Speke-based airport said: "I can confirm that around 6am a private business jet with four people on board - three crew and a passenger landed OK but then came off onto the grass. For whatever reason it has skidded off the runway."