FLEDGLING debaters won a resounding victory in one of three discussions held at Liverpool’s prestigious Athenaeum club.

Members of the Halton Youth Cabinet took part in the discussions, aimed to encourage young people to think about global issues.

Cabinet member Stevie Jane Crosby, aged 18, said: “It was a great opportunity to empathise with other people’s points of view no matter how different they may be to our own and it really got us all thinking about important issues international trade and human rights.”