Another new week, another jam-packed Monday edition. In today's briefing:

💚 Labour and Lib Dems squabble after Greens win big in Aigburth.
🏙️ A new 70-storey high-rise for the waterfront
🧌 Warrington man wins Oscar for Frankenstein

And today's big story: 👇

Colette Goulding dodges the sack The disgraced Liverpool councillor keeps her seat by attending her first council meeting in six months

Disgraced West Derby Muirhead councillor and former Big Help assistant CEO Colette Goulding dodges the sack and nets herself £14,000 by turning up to her first council meeting in six months. Read on for the scoop: www.livpost.co.uk/colette-goul...

Colette Goulding dodges the sack The disgraced Liverpool councillor keeps her seat by attending her first council meeting in six months

If you missed it yesterday: former assistant CEO of Big Help Project councillor Colette Goulding has kept her seat on the council…

By showing up to one committee meeting in six months.

www.livpost.co.uk/colette-goul...

Paul Conroy: the self-doubt driving Liverpool’s most acclaimed war photographer Over drinks in a besieged Ukrainian city, two Scousers swap battle scars

This had me in tears this morning.

What a moving tribute to Paul Conroy. A big thanks to Danny Rigg for sharing his encounter with us.

A must read this morning to remember Paul's incredible life.

www.livpost.co.uk/paul-conroy-...

Five years turned a ‘Good’ school into a crucible of deficits and damning Ofsted reports. What went wrong?

In today's piece, @abi-whist.bsky.social digs inside the £1.5m collapse of LIPA School 👇

www.livpost.co.uk/set-up-to-fa...

Some pretty mad details in today's piece on the demise on LIPA School.

£1.5 million of debt, threats of being reported to the Insolvency Service and....this:

livpost.co.uk/set-up-to-fail…

@liverpoolpost.bsky.social

‘Set up to fail’: Inside the £1.5m collapse of LIPA School Five years turned a ‘Good’ school into a crucible of debt and damning Ofsted reports. What went wrong?

Abi Whistance @abi-whist.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social ‘Set up to fail’: Inside the £1.5m collapse of LIPA School. #Liverpool www.livpost.co.uk/set-up-to-fa...

Done!

Good morning, Merseyside! Today's article is a writer's edition, giving you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into what our reporters are thinking about, reading and working on. Today it's @lancekthompson.bsky.social's turn. But first, today's briefing 👇

A ‘stitch up’? How Wirral council bungled Big Heritage A £4.5mn museum was meant to open this year. Instead, its creator claims he was ‘sabotaged’

Abi Whistance @abi-whist.bsky.social Liverpool Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social A ‘stitch up’? How Wirral council bungled Big Heritage. www.livpost.co.uk/a-stitch-up-...

The good news is that our new sister paper for West Yorkshire already has 132 pledges.

But to launch, it needs 500. To help them get off the ground, pledge here 👉 leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-l...

The fall (and rise) of Catholic Liverpool As the cardinals prepare to choose a new Pope in Rome, we speak to the city’s Catholics about locked churches, duelling liturgies – and some green shoots

Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. But is Christianity - or religion in general - still a big deal in Liverpool or on Merseyside? www.livpost.co.uk/the-fall-and...

A London lawyer bought the land under Southport homeowners' houses. Then the threats began 'Please agree that your house will be demolished within a reasonable period'

Good to see Channel 5's coverage of the Andrew Milne story, featuring our Sheffield Tribune colleague Daniel Timms. In case you missed it, here's @abi-whist.bsky.social reporting into Milne's Southport activities. www.livpost.co.uk/a-london-law...

Welcome to your Monday briefing. Today's headlines:

🏭 Kirkby residents "right to be furious" says deputy PM
🇨🇳 Chinese art collection heading to Liverpool
🏥 Uncertain future for the Women's Hospital

And today's big story: 👇

Rent hikes, VHS tapes and a controversial screening of Jaws: Inside the fight over Toxteth TV ‘Do not gaslight us when the evidence is there that we have communicated clearly, consistently and professionally on these issues’

Abi Whistance @abi-whist.bsky.social Liverpool Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social Rent hikes, VHS tapes and a controversial screening of Jaws: Inside the fight over Toxteth TV www.livpost.co.uk/rent-hikes-v...

The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing

Here's the thing about @millmedia.bsky.social: our fearless editors allow us to publish incredibly important work - like @liverpoolpost.bsky.social stories on Laurence Westgaph.

Now @londonermag.bsky.social is up against a property scammer. Support us below 👇

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

Thanks Tony!

Last year, one of the runners-up was @abi-whist.bsky.social at the @liverpoolpost.bsky.social for her investigation into The Big Help Project – real award-winning journalism at
@joshih.bsky.social 's recent start-up @millmedia.bsky.social
#PaulFootAward #PrivateEye

🚨A London fund manager is selling Merseyside homes from under their tenants

…and residents are being offered £2,000 to move out

In today's edition - by @abi-whist.bsky.social 👇

livpost.co.uk/the-unexpect...

Millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas to be piped under Liverpool Bay "Carbon capture" is coming to Merseyside. So why aren't green activists happy?

In today's weekend read, we question politicians, activists, experts and the government's energy security department to find the truth: is CCS a necessary step forward for the environment, or an unproven technology putting people on Merseyside at risk? www.livpost.co.uk/a-mississipp...

The story links to a massive financial scandal in London - currently under investigation by the SFO for a suspected £300mn fraud and bribery

The unexpected auction: A London fund manager is selling Merseyside homes from under their tenants …and residents are being offered £2,000 to move out

Today's exclusive in @liverpoolpost.bsky.social 🚨

The unexpected auction: A London fund manager is selling Merseyside homes from under their tenants

…and residents are being offered £2,000 to move out

www.livpost.co.uk/the-unexpect...

Hi Tony! I’ll be in Leeds soon for some NUJ related things. Hopefully catch up with you then x

A BHP update in today's @liverpoolpost.bsky.social. I've asked Labour about their investigation into councillor Colette Goulding, in light of her suspension from the party last year.

They've failed to respond to any emails thus far.

In November, we published a story about Andrew Milne: a London lawyer who has been sending dozens of letters to residents in Southport, threatening to take them to the high court if they didn’t hand over upwards of £25,000.

Today, the case has been raised in Parliament 👇

Back in November, the government made a big announcement. From 2028, they would be abolishing the role of Police and Crime Commissioner, instead giving those powers to mayors across the country 🧵

I might moan about the snow and ice but this is nice ❄️❄️❄️

Breaking news! 🚨🚨🚨🚨

The Post has hit 2,000 paying members 🎊

Thanks so much to all our subscribers - free and paid - for supporting us.

Michael Heseltine 'saved' Liverpool. Didn't he? The environment secretary is credited with sparking Liverpool's late 20th regeneration. Try telling that to the neighbourhood he was dispatched to help

Michael Heseltine ‘saved’ Liverpool. Didn’t he?

www.livpost.co.uk/michael-hese...

Get ready: the Aloft trials are coming The biggest court cases in Liverpool’s political history are imminent. Here’s what to expect

Your first Monday briefing of 2026 is here! 📨

Today's big story: Get ready - the Aloft trials are coming.

The biggest court cases in Liverpool’s political history are imminent. Here’s what to expect⤵️

www.livpost.co.uk/get-ready-th...