Is there a third way in Liverpool's bloody battle of the docks?

Romal Capital's Waterloo Dock scheme will go ahead. But the debate won't end there.

Dear members — little gets the heart racing quite like a planning application debate. No really. The Waterloo Dock debacle which has raged on for over three years as residents attempted to thwart a 330 apartment scheme proposed by developers Romal Capital finally reached its conclusion last month. It’s a highly debated topic, and the reason it touches such a nerve is its ability to get to the heart of the debate about Liverpool’s future, in doing so pitting heritage heads against development devotees. In this piece Jack wonders if there might be a third way of handling things.

But first, your Post briefing, starting with updates on several violent attacks that have occurred across the past few days in Merseyside.