Ten thousand NHS and social care workers will be given free tickets for the opening day of next year's Grand National Festival, Aintree racecourse bosses have announced.
On Thursday - when this year's meet had been due to begin - the Jockey Club announced the first day of the 2021 festival would be renamed Liverpool's NHS Day, with thousands of tickets donated to NHS and professional carers in Merseyside.
The three-day festival, which culminates in the world-famous steeplechase, was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Dickon White, regional director of Jockey Club Racecourses North West, said: 'We're delighted to donate 10,000 tickets to the NHS and professional carers across Merseyside.