Hello and welcome to this morning's Our Liverpool.
Today Liverpool was named as the best place to live in the North West by the Sunday Times in their Best Places to Live guide, with Toxteth and Waterloo mentioned as the city's "top districts." Judges praised Scousers' community spirit as well as the city's emerging creative district and said there "are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about Liverpool."
The full report comes out on Sunday, but in the meantime it's nice to hear that others are learning what we already knew.
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'Spiderman' fighting to keep his home
A man known as 'Spiderman' has been issued a court order demanding he packs up his tent beside Tesco on the Strand despite leaving his previous accommodation due to safety concerns. Spiderman has been living in the area for the past 12 weeks and insists the land he is on is private land, but the council insist it is public.
'Lemonlager' caught after taking selfies
One Encrochat user, drugs courier and attempted weapons dealer was jailed for a dozen years after being caught out by his own topless selfies. Jan Luke Carmichael from Huyton worked mainly in shifting multi-kilo quantities of drugs throughout Merseyside but it was his conspiracy to buy and sell an automatic weapon that was "even more concerning" to police.
Southport named among worst seaside towns in country
The Telegraph was unimpressed by Southport and named it among the worst seaside towns in the country amid the ranks of Blackpool and Morecombe. The decision will come as a shock for many who have fond memories of the town, and, though it isn't what it used to be, many don't agree.
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