Abi Whistance

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

On the afternoon of Wednesday 21st May, around forty employees of Big Help Group and Big Help Trading — just two of the companies connected to the once-lauded charity Big Help Project — were called into a small meeting room at their head office on Boaler Street. One of Big Help Group’s directors, former Knowsley Council leader Andrew Moorhead, stood at the front of the room, staring at his feet.

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

“It was getting me down, every day it was just absolutely filthy. How can people live like this?” I’m speaking to Vicky Osayande, the founder of Litter Clear Volunteer, a litter-picking group that operates across Liverpool. She first created the group in February 2021, after noticing rubbish piling up on her walk to work. As she dodged empty crisp packets and bottles, grime caked on roads and graffiti tags adorning Great Homer Street, she says what was once a pleasant stroll became “disgusting”.

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

Dear readers, I hope you’re having a great bank holiday weekend. I wanted to send you a quick note about something we’re very excited about at Post HQ. Keen readers of Private Eye may have spotted our name in the magazine this week. The reason: we have been shortlisted for the country’s most prestigious investigative journalism prize, the Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism.

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

“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.

1 month 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.