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Activists are occupying a historic Liverpool city centre building for a third day today.

The protestors, calling themselves ‘Love Activists’, entered The Old Bank of England Building on Castle Street at around 3am on Saturday morning.

They want the building to be used as a centre for the homeless.

Danny, one of the group, said they planned to stay there “as long as possible”.

He said: “I certainly hope we’ve raised awareness. We’ve had a lot of positive responses, very few people aren’t backing what we’re doing.”

The building is empty but understood to be in good condition.

Danny feels it should be put to better use as a base to help homeless people.

He said: “We’ve managed to engage some local homeless people who have just come out of prison and are wanting to set up their own working group teaching other homeless people to read and write.

“I think homelessness is a nationwide epidemic, people need to be doing more to raise awareness and provide these people with shelter.”

Danny said the group have spoken to the electricity provider and are now paying for power to the building.

He said they would be speaking to the council today in a bid to have the water supply fixed.