Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Woman beater washed blood from girlfriend's hair after smashing head open with ashtray
A remorseless woman beater split his girlfriend's head open with a glass ashtray and jug before washing the blood from her hair.
Kevin Marshall told his victim "I may as well do you in, I'll only get seven years" before leaving her covered in blood in a cowardly attack.
A judge slammed him for his lack of empathy after he told a probation officer: "It weren't like she were bleeding out and asking for help, I carried on hitting her."
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Liverpool Crown Court heard Marshall, 33, and the woman, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, had been in an "on/off" relationship for about two years.
The court heard Marshall had been violent to her in the past and smashed household items at her home, while he had also just been released from prison after being jailed for breaching a Domestic Violence Protection Order, made in respect of another woman.
But on December 26 last year, the victim phoned him and asked him to come to her home, where he stayed over until New Year, without any violence or arguments.
Read the full story from our court reporter here.
Liverpool green bin charge, when it comes in, how much you will pay and other details
Liverpool Council has approved its budget plans for the next financial year after a heated meeting on Wednesday.
The council is aiming to save £25m with a host of measures including a maximum Council Tax rise of 2.99% as well as cuts to the social care budget.
One of the most controversial moves within the budget is to bring in a new annual charge for the collection of green waste bins for residents in the city.
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Not everyone has green bins, but for those who do, they will be keen to know details of this new charge, now that its been approved.
Not all of the information is available about how the new measure will be implemented, so we have rounded up what we know at this stage.
The new charge will be £40 per year for those who want their green waste bins collected.
Here's everything you need to know.
Spain, Greece, Portugal and others update rules for unvaccinated Brits
With coronavirus travel restrictions significantly easing, there are a number of countries British tourists can now visit without having to show proof of vaccination.
Until recently, travellers had to be fully vaccinated to enter Spain without needing to test or quarantine.
But under new measure s, anyone who is unvaccinated but has recovered from coronavirus in the past six months can now enter the country.
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Anyone from the UK can visit Spain for tourism purposes if you can show valid proof of meeting the vaccination requirements or a medical certificate certifying that you have recovered from covid in the last six months prior to travel.
You can use the UK proof of COVID-19 recovery record or a recovery certificate issued by a relevant health authority or medical service to certify your COVID-19 status.
At least 11 days must have passed since your first positive COVID-19 nucleic acid amplification test - NAAT (PCR or similar) or rapid antigen test.
Here we take a look at some other countries can unvaccinated or partially vaccinated UK tourists visit.
