These are the latest ECHO headlines this morning.
Faces of 23 criminals jailed in Merseyside this week
These are the faces of criminals jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside this week.
They include a rapist who was locked up for longer than some murderers after a horrendous campaign of sexual abuse against a young boy. Also jailed were a criminal gang who cooked an unusual but lucrative drug in a North Wales home.
A robber who orchestrated a terrifying break-in at his ex's home was also handed 14 years in jail, while a serial stalker was locked up yet again after flouting rules preventing her contacting her victim.
These are the people jailed in our region or for crimes linked to our region this week.
Liverpool secondary schools with a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ OFSTED rating since the pandemic
With September fast approaching, one way to learn about your children’s secondary schools is through Ofsted ratings.
Ofsted is the regulatory body responsible for inspecting schools across the country and awarding them one of four ratings - outstanding, good, requires improvement, or inadequate.
The grades are based on the views of pupils and teachers, the quality of education, behaviours, attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
These are the best 11 schools in Liverpool, according to Ofsted from 2020 up until August 2022.
Suburban 'paradise' that's Liverpool's 'best-kept secret'
A stone’s throw from bustling Queen’s Drive is Liverpool's “best-kept secret”.
Described as a “paradise” by many who live there, Wavertree Garden Suburb is a hidden oasis just five minutes from the M62. The estate, originally called Liverpool Garden Suburb, was one of around 20 similar developments scheduled to be built across the country in the decade leading up to WW1.
The garden suburb concept was the brainchild of Henry Vivian - the first Chairman of Liverpool Garden Suburb Tenants Ltd - who questioned why the average working man shouldn’t share in the profits of house ownership, and therefore wanted to create a co-partnership housing scheme, where the houses were owned neither individually nor by a profit-seeking private landlord.
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An idyllic jumble of whitewashed terraces and stunning arts and crafts style villas, the Wavertree Garden Suburb was primarily built between 1910 and 1915. According to the original prospectus, the aim of the development was to provide “a residential suburb for the people of Liverpool amid surroundings which conduce to both health and pleasure".
Read the full story here.
