Jonny Blackburn
@jonnyblackburn.bsky.social
Reporting on Liverpool
Staff writer for The Post
Editor at Mackerel Editions
Bylines in the Mirror, Echo, Daily Record and elsewhere
Get in touch: [email protected]
Staff writer for The Post
Editor at Mackerel Editions
Bylines in the Mirror, Echo, Daily Record and elsewhere
Get in touch: [email protected]
This week's Monday briefing from The Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social: X conspiracy theories about JLA, Everton for sale, and the man who refused to leave an estate that vanished around him
Flights of Fancy: the debunked Liverpool Airport migrant conspiracy
Plus: Everton sale, a Birkenhead estate and the Merseyrail closure
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October 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This week's Monday briefing from The Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social: X conspiracy theories about JLA, Everton for sale, and the man who refused to leave an estate that vanished around him
My first long read for @liverpoolpost.bsky.social looks at Liverpool’s Ten Streets, and whether the proposed Mayoral Development Corporation could be the key to finally seeing an ambitious 2018 regeneration plan put into practice
www.livpost.co.uk/are-we-final...
www.livpost.co.uk/are-we-final...
Are we finally getting the 'new Baltic Triangle'?
Eight years and a crushed car later, Ten Streets braces for change
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October 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM
My first long read for @liverpoolpost.bsky.social looks at Liverpool’s Ten Streets, and whether the proposed Mayoral Development Corporation could be the key to finally seeing an ambitious 2018 regeneration plan put into practice
www.livpost.co.uk/are-we-final...
www.livpost.co.uk/are-we-final...
Pics of Liverpool’s Ten Streets today. There’s so much construction activity on the other side of the dock wall, and I wonder what the future holds for these buildings
October 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Pics of Liverpool’s Ten Streets today. There’s so much construction activity on the other side of the dock wall, and I wonder what the future holds for these buildings
Delighted to have joined @liverpoolpost.bsky.social as their newest staff writer. Here's the first Monday briefing I've worked on:
'Woke' and 'subversive': St Helens to abandon Black History Month, council leader says
PLUS: A warm welcome to our newest reporter
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October 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Delighted to have joined @liverpoolpost.bsky.social as their newest staff writer. Here's the first Monday briefing I've worked on:
Arguments have raged in Hoylake's pubs, spats have played out on social media and slogans have appeared around the town
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Pub rows, slogans and Shrek banners: Inside town's seven-year beach battle
Arguments have raged in Hoylake's pubs, spats have played out on social media and slogans have appeared around the town
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August 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Arguments have raged in Hoylake's pubs, spats have played out on social media and slogans have appeared around the town
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Reposted by Jonny Blackburn
Important investigation by @echoblackburn.bsky.social into the worrying situation at Merseycare's main mental health trust
Mersey Care 'falling apart' as staff face 'daily attacks' from patients
More than 3,000 assaults were recorded in the past year as staff describe the Trust's mental health hospitals as "chaotic and dangerous"
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
August 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important investigation by @echoblackburn.bsky.social into the worrying situation at Merseycare's main mental health trust
Eclipse glasses Liverpool shop 'couldn't sell enough of' could be unsuitable for use, opticians say
Eclipse glasses shop sold out of could be unsuitable, opticians say
Inventor Jim Sharp said he was confident the glasses would provide effective protection but added "If people are worried, don't use them"
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August 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Eclipse glasses Liverpool shop 'couldn't sell enough of' could be unsuitable for use, opticians say
Sylvia Hall, custodian of Paul McCartney's childhood home for a decade, has written her first play aged 77 about a cruelly-treated figure pivotal to The Beatles' story
I spoke to Paul McCartney on his birthday at his old home with Jon Bon Jovi
The 'Livin’ on a Prayer' singer called neighbour Paul on his birthday, and put Sylvia Hall on the line
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
August 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Sylvia Hall, custodian of Paul McCartney's childhood home for a decade, has written her first play aged 77 about a cruelly-treated figure pivotal to The Beatles' story
A row broke out over the government's attempts to buy up land for Northern Powerhouse Rail
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Liverpool to Manchester rail link row set for High Court
A row broke out over the government's attempts to buy up land for Northern Powerhouse Rail
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August 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
A row broke out over the government's attempts to buy up land for Northern Powerhouse Rail
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
A report into the death of prisoner Aaron Taylor at HMP Garth identified a "missed opportunity" in the weeks before he died, and show how a prison officer falsified records after failing to perform checks
'Missed opportunity' and falsified records in prisoner death
Aaron Taylor, 32, died after taking his own life at the prison
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
August 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
A report into the death of prisoner Aaron Taylor at HMP Garth identified a "missed opportunity" in the weeks before he died, and show how a prison officer falsified records after failing to perform checks
Mum-of-two Donna Pope used a company card for easyJet flights, Malaga hotels and takeaways while her boss battled terminal cancer
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Fraudster mum spent £50k on flights, hotels and takeaways
Mum-of-two Donna Pope used a company card for easyJet flights, Malaga hotels and takeaways
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August 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Mum-of-two Donna Pope used a company card for easyJet flights, Malaga hotels and takeaways while her boss battled terminal cancer
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www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
People gathered in Birkenhead today to remember Diane Sindall on the 40th anniversary of her murder
Former taxi driver's memory of seeing Diane 'lives with him all the time'
People gathered in Birkenhead today to remember Diane Sindall on the 40th anniversary of her murder
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August 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
People gathered in Birkenhead today to remember Diane Sindall on the 40th anniversary of her murder
People with dementia 'up in arms' over Alzheimer's Society decision
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People with dementia 'up in arms' over Alzheimer's Society decision
Charity chief tells the ECHO "People living with, and affected by, dementia are absolutely at the heart of everything we do"
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June 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
People with dementia 'up in arms' over Alzheimer's Society decision
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@liverpoolecho.co.uk Police raided a large former orphanage used as a headquarters by the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Nine arrested in religious group 'sex offences and slavery' raid
Police raided a large former orphanage used as a headquarters by the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
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April 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
@liverpoolecho.co.uk Police raided a large former orphanage used as a headquarters by the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Today's @liverpoolecho.co.uk front page includes my reporting on Love, Jasmine.
The charity, which supports bereaved parents, warns it could close as soon as Christmas after grant funding was not renewed.
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The charity, which supports bereaved parents, warns it could close as soon as Christmas after grant funding was not renewed.
Read the full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
April 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Today's @liverpoolecho.co.uk front page includes my reporting on Love, Jasmine.
The charity, which supports bereaved parents, warns it could close as soon as Christmas after grant funding was not renewed.
Read the full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
The charity, which supports bereaved parents, warns it could close as soon as Christmas after grant funding was not renewed.
Read the full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
@liverpoolecho.co.uk Ali Abdullah, 18, was arrested along with two other city men as he walked through rural forest in Maine
Liverpool man pleads guilty to sneaking across US border
Ali Abdullah, 18, was arrested along with two other city men as he walked through rural forest in Maine
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April 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
@liverpoolecho.co.uk Ali Abdullah, 18, was arrested along with two other city men as he walked through rural forest in Maine
@liverpoolecho.co.uk 500 police descended on a former orphanage home to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light this morning
Religious group raided over alleged sex and slavery offences
500 police descended on a former orphanage home to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
April 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM
@liverpoolecho.co.uk 500 police descended on a former orphanage home to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light this morning
@liverpoolecho.co.uk splash: 'My son was killed and his heart is still in Spain - don’t let him be forgotten'
Full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
April 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
@liverpoolecho.co.uk splash: 'My son was killed and his heart is still in Spain - don’t let him be forgotten'
Full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Full story here: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Mohammed Saleh, 22, was detained by US border authorities along with two other Liverpudlians — and right-wing media quickly picked up on the story
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'Fake news is devastating' for family of Liverpool man detained in US
Mohammed Saleh, 22, was detained by US border authorities along with two other Liverpudlians — and right-wing media quickly picked up on the story
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April 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Mohammed Saleh, 22, was detained by US border authorities along with two other Liverpudlians — and right-wing media quickly picked up on the story
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Residents at this Knotty Ash care home were left with "extremely long toenails" and were only showered once a month @liverpoolecho.co.uk
Elderly people left 'starving' in bed at care home
Residents were left with "extremely long toenails" and were only showered once a month
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March 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Residents at this Knotty Ash care home were left with "extremely long toenails" and were only showered once a month @liverpoolecho.co.uk
March 28, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Resident doctors are heading for their longest walk-out so far @liverpoolecho.co.uk
Advice to cancer patients as doctors stage longest strike
Resident doctors are to stage their 15th round of strike action after the long Easter weekend
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March 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Resident doctors are heading for their longest walk-out so far @liverpoolecho.co.uk
We received several letters from worried staff at the university @liverpoolecho.co.uk
Claims university staff 'looking for way out' after leadership changes
The university says it recognises change "can be challenging" but vows to work with staff over concerns
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March 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
We received several letters from worried staff at the university @liverpoolecho.co.uk
The refinery breached environmental permits with chemical dumps into Wirral waterways
Outrage over 491 'deeply alarming' oil refinery breaches
Oil, cyanide, phenol and diisopropylamine was dumped into waterways on the Wirral
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March 27, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The refinery breached environmental permits with chemical dumps into Wirral waterways