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“It’s just ludicrous — to have all that money sitting in a bank account gaining interest somewhere while Speke suffers”. I’m on a tour of Speke with Lynne Moneypenny, a small-framed woman in her 60s who — despite her meek appearance — has spent the last decade belligerently fighting for its green spaces. She’s lived in the suburb her entire life, and has spent many an hour traipsing through its fields and parks with her border collie, Jess.

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

Earlier this month, Tony was taking his seven-year-old cockapoo, Lola, for a walk. He’d left Toxteth for the weekend, and was staying with a friend in South Anston, a small town roughly 12 miles east of Sheffield. As he and Lola strolled along Anston Brook, he happened to glance into a small manufacturer’s yard, next to a disused railway line. It was probably the bright yellow that caught his eye.

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

Monkeys, movement and my attempt to navigate the M57 A look over the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Abi Whistance/The Post A writer’s edition from Abi This post is for subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in Click here to share this article

2 months 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.

2 months 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.