How does a person rejoin society after 20 years inside?
'The magic' and the frustrations of helping former prisoners readjust
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'The defendant, has, should we say, done a runner'
Plus: ‘If you're gonna have trouble at the airport security, you're on my show’: We meet the comedian behind a black comedy night at the Royal Court
Liverpool dockers refuse Russian oil
Plus: a recommended long read about a young man who died and the two friends who set up a men’s mental health café in his name
The top shelf
The transition between military and civilian life is like passing between two states that bear no resemblance to each other. For some veterans, it takes a dark turn
Ninety lorries, dozens of volunteers and a mission to deliver hundreds of bags to Ukraine
'We are exhausted, but very happy'
Rebelling against Joanne Anderson, seven councillors risk being expelled
Plus: We speak to the St Helens man preparing to fight the Russians in Ukraine
Liverpool's Labour left threatens to break away
'All they want to do is be theatrically socialist, speak at rallies and wave placards'
‘It’s hard to stop’: A family watches the invasion of their homeland
In Huyton, we spend an evening in front of the TV with Roma and Vlad
Inside the Labour Party's 'gradual bloodletting' of Corbyn supporters on Merseyside
Our reporting reveals the latest political drama in Sefton. Plus: Should the Walker Gallery retire its portrait of a slaver MP?
What's driving staff anger at Liverpool's universities?
Insiders tell us what's going on behind the scenes. Plus: everything you need to know about racial discrimination at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Coming through the storm
Plus: a new exhibition on migration at the Tate, a report into racial discrimination at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the rest of the weekly briefing
The lost mothers and babies of Prospect House
'I remember a lot of heartbreak and tears as their babies were taken away'
Want to study A-levels in Knowsley? You will have to leave
We report on a shameful hole in the borough's schooling system. 'It signifies almost a lack of hope, that people have given up on an area' says a leading expert
How local children are falling behind
An alarming report shines a light on educational disparities, plus the rest of your Monday briefing