Abi Whistance

1 month ago | livpost.co.uk | Abi Whistance

“It was the hardest thing I think I've ever been through in my entire life. I’ll never get over that they were trying to get rid of me.” I’m speaking to Stephanie Doyle, the former head of the City of Liverpool College's digital academy. Earlier this year, a tribunal brought to light the details of her dismissal from the institution in 2022, revealing how she was pressured into resigning from her role by bogus accusations of safeguarding failures. She wasn’t alone.

1 month ago | livpost.co.uk | Abi Whistance

Very few people can say that as a child, they knew exactly what they’d grow up to be. But Andrew Ibi is one of them. Born in 1975 in the small village of Dulwich in South London, Andrew has always possessed a needle-keen eye for fashion. At just eight years old, he marched into school wearing his pride and joy: a brand new pair of Nike Bruins, already customised by his own artistic flair. With a gold pen he’d gilded the bright blue Nike tick, careful not to colour outside the lines.

1 month ago | livpost.co.uk | Abi Whistance

Last Friday, at 5.30pm, around 70 people gathered inside the Church of Our Lady Reconciliation on Eldon Street, a stone’s throw from the Eldonian Village. Nervously taking a seat on each of the church’s pews, those inside the hall clutched small pieces of paper, awaiting their turn to post their slip into a box positioned on a pop-up table. Outside: a far more dramatic scene. Around 15 police officers all in uniform lined the road.

2 months ago | livpost.co.uk | Abi Whistance |Jack Walton

Today’s article is a collaboration between The Post and our Birmingham-based sister publication, The Dispatch. We have been working together to dig into Redstone Training, a ‘skills’ provider which took a combined £3 million from regional mayors in Liverpool and Birmingham, which is now under investigation for a variety of allegations. If you want to read the full story, you’ll need to be a paying member.

2 months ago | livpost.co.uk | Abi Whistance

Dear readers — Happy Friday, one and all, and a very momentous Friday it is. This morning’s breaking news has shook the city: the former Liverpool mayor – alongside the former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council and ten other associates  – has finally been charged in Operation Aloft. Given the enormous shadow that this investigation has cast over Merseyside for years now, Liverpool’s leadership are desperate to prove they can turn things around.