The contractor for a Leach Rhodes Walker Architects build-to-rent development near Liverpool’s waterfront has been left counting the cost after football fans invaded the site during the weekend’s Champions League celebrations.

Construction firm Graham said that despite its efforts to make the site of the practice’s 384-home Strand Street development secure, equipment and materials had been damaged during the homecoming parade following Liverpool FC’s 2:0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Hundreds of fans broke into the site near the city's Albert Dock, scaling the half-built structure – which will be 16 storeys tall when complete.

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