following a fatal knife attack in Southport.

They also rediscovered the original fireplace and kiln.Mr Baker said it would be "fabulous to really open that up and let the community see it, because no-one's actually seen it".

WK Design Architects would explore the feasibility of some of the renovation ideas, Mr Baker said.The group has also announced a new fundraising initiative for the project called Friends of Yew Tree Hall.The renovation plans align with the

in Cockermouth this summer.Still picking up the pieces from an atrocity that has left an indelible mark on the town, Southport has now "changed" forever, its residents have said.

While the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana for

later to an extent concludes what could have been a much longer and more painful legal process, families have said their grieving and healing will continue indefinitely.The report highlighted risk assessments being completed without referencing information about child safeguarding and domestic abuse.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said the new government "inherited a criminal justice system in crisis" and it had plans to recruit 1,000 probation officers.The East of England probation service is one of 12 probation regions in England and covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Essex, Northamptonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Martin Jones, chief inspector of probation, said: “While the commitment and dedication of leaders and staff across the region was found to be unwavering, this commitment and dedication is not amounting to sufficient measures in keeping the public safe or encouraging people on probation to change.”The report found chronic staffing issues "despite a sustained effort" across the region to recruit, and said senior probation officers had "excessive workloads and vast responsibilities which were greater than what they could reasonably be expected to deliver".