For Bootle, The Strand is more than just a shopping destination
‘It’s a physical embodiment of a left behind, working class community’
Abi Whistance
Abi is our editor and does our biggest investigations. In 2024, she won Young Journalist of the Year, and in 2025 she was shortlisted for Private Eye's Paul Foot Journalism Award and a British Journalism Award.
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