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Welcome to Our Liverpool - here I'll be showcasing some of our most important stories so you won't miss the stories that really matter in Liverpool and across the Merseyside. I'm going to start with football news.
There was much excitement yesterday as the Real Madrid team arrived at city centre hotel INNSiDE. Fans waited outside to catch a glimpse of the players who will face Liverpool tonight in the UEFA Champions League match.
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Videos shared on Twitter showed numerous fireworks being set off in close proximity to the hotel in the early hours of Tuesday. Police confirmed they attended the scene at around 12.55am.
Elsewhere, our reporter Paddy Edrich has taken a look at the three Merseyside school which have received the lowest Ofsted rating. Below, we talk more about this and other stories.
Ofsted ratings for Merseyside schools
Three Merseyside schools have the worst possible rating from Ofsted inspections carried out in the last two years.
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco, Sacred Heart Catholic College and Progress Schools in Toxteth were all rated inadequate.
You can read the full story here.
'I'd now call myself a scouser before I say I'm a Kiwi'
Kicking off a new series, Storm Newton spoke to Tom Chivers, native to New Zealand who now lives in Liverpool about what keeps him in the city. Tom said he was hooked on the city after feeling the celebrations after a Steven Gerrard free kick at Anfield.
UEFA given one-week deadline for UCL final chaos
Law firms representing over 1,000 LFC fans who suffered traumatic injuries during the Champions League final against Real Madrid last year have given UEFA a week to pay compensation or face legal proceedings. Paddy Edrich has the story as lawyers call on UEFA to 'do the right thing.'
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