Cancer centre to be built on former hospital sitepublished at 06:13 British Summer Time
Demolition of the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital reaches its final stage.
Read MoreSummary
Results coming in from across Merseyside and western Cheshire
Southport’s new MP becomes seaside town’s first ever Labour representative
Tories could be without any Merseyside MPs
Labour holds Birkenhead, Knowsley, Widnes & Halewood, Runcorn & Helsby and Bootle
Labour also retains the Liverpool seats of West Derby, Riverside, Walton
Reform performs very strongly, beating the Tories in several seats
Labour set to win a landslide victory, according to exit poll
Cancer centre to be built on former hospital sitepublished at 06:13 British Summer Time
Boy, 15, held on suspicion of carrying firearmpublished at 21:42 British Summer Time 5 June
Members of the public raised the alarm after spotting what appeared to be a firearm in a male's pocket.
Read MoreLiverpool Pride cancelled amid financial pressurespublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 5 June
Organisers said "with great sadness" it would "regretfully" not go ahead but hopes to return in 2026.
Read MoreSuspected UK drug trafficker arrested in Dutch townpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 5 June
Francis Coggins, from Liverpool, was arrested by local officers in the Netherlands, the National Crime Agency says.
Read MoreFirst plans revealed ahead of £12m town revamppublished at 06:14 British Summer Time 5 June
The council wants the revamp of Mother Redcap Place to make it "more welcoming and vibrant".
Read MoreTrade body wants 'tourist tax' pause during appealpublished at 06:12 British Summer Time 5 June
Overnight visitors to Liverpool have been paying an additional £2 per room, per night since Sunday.
Read MoreGlider buses best fix for transport woes - mayorpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 4 June
Some £100m is to be spent on so-called "bendy buses" to address transport concerns in Liverpool.
Read MoreLiverpool parade traffic decisions criticisedpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 31 May
Businesses and some Liverpool FC fans believe more city centre roads should have been closed.
Read MoreSignificant update about investigation expectedpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 29 May
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool
We're at Merseyside Police headquarters in Liverpool, where a press conference has been called on the Water Street investigation.
Again, the world's media is here to take in what is expected to be a significant update in relation to the 53-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and dangerous driving offences.
Detectives have been questioning him for more than 70 hours since Monday evening, after a Ford Galaxy car injured more than 70 people, including four children, in the wake of Liverpool FC’s Premier League trophy parade.
Speaking will be Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims and Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Mersey Cheshire CPS, Sarah Hammond.
What we heard from the press conferencepublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 29 May
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from LiverpoolDoyle will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court in the morning for an initial hearing.
Sims says the suspect is Paul Desmond Sanders Doyle of Burghill Road in West Derby.
He faces:
- Two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- Two counts of causing unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- Two counts of attempted unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- One count of dangerous driving
“We ask that the judicial process be allowed to continue without any speculation online or anywhere else that could impede the pursuit of justice for all those affected,” she says.
Seventy-nine people have been injured, and seven remain in hospital.
Sims says detectives are reviewing a huge amount of video footage from CCTV, dashboard cameras and other sources.
Vegetable oil-powered trucks to collect food wastepublished at 06:08 British Summer Time 28 May
Liverpool Council may order up to 36 lorries to collect new food bins, depending on household response.
Read MoreAttempted murder arrest after football parade crashpublished at 20:29 British Summer Time 27 May
Police say the car followed an ambulance through a roadblock before the crash in which 65 were hurt.
Read MoreHow Liverpool united after car ploughed into crowdpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 27 May
The city quickly pulled together with a wave of kindness from offers of lifts and food to accommodation.
Read MoreFour festivals in three days for Luvcatpublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 24 May
Lauren Howell, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Luvcat have been playing over on the BBC Introducing Stage.
Hotly tipped to be big in 2025, Luvcat had strong support from BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 1 from the beginning.
They have appeared at four festivals in three days! And they opened their set today with new single Lipstick.
The singer is a massive Liverpool FC fan and is sporting their football jacket!
An act of kindness save one festival-goer's Big Weekendpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 24 May
Sarah McEvoy, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Image caption, Chris, Danielle and Craig were able to help a fellow festival-lover out
A lovely bit of news here.
Chris Baldwin, Danielle Walker and Craig Walker arrived at Sefton Park one friend short as someone had dropped out at the last minute.
As they were queueing at the gates, they overheard someone who had been hit by online scammers who sold them a fake ticket.
They were more than happy to offer up their spare, one weekend saved!
'It's Ed Sheeran - get in!'published at 16:52 British Summer Time 24 May
Claire Bryan, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Josh, Aimee, Erin, and Karis are lucky enough to be in the New Music tent for Ed Sheeran’s surprise set.
Josh says: “My girlfriend told me Ed was going to be a special guest and I was like 'Get in!'"
Erin adds: “Yeah as soon as I saw it I was like 'Oh my god!'”
New Music Stage ‘at capacity’published at 16:51 British Summer Time 24 May
Ben Anderson, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in LiverpoolThe New Music Stage has now reached capacity for Ed Sheeran’s Secret Set and access is "temporarily paused".
These fans are still hoping to get in though!
Jetta representing Merseyside on the BBC Introducing Stagepublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 24 May
Lauren Howell, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Next up to represent Merseyside on the Introducing Stage is Jetta.
The singer-songwriter said on stage that this is her first live show in four years and she’s "super nervous", but where better to be back on stage again than in Liverpool!
Ed Sheeran gets rave reviews after surprise setpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 24 May
Jasmine DuFraisse and Helen Jones
BBC Radio Merseyside, reporting from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Image caption, Morgan Beckers says she was 'buzzing' about Ed Sheeran's performance earlier
Before we hear from Myles Smith, let's take a look back at today's surprise gig from Ed Sheeran - which was very popular with the crowd here in Sefton Park.
Morgan Beckers absolutely loved the surprise set by Ed Sheeran earlier this afternoon on the New Music Stage.
“Honestly, I was buzzing," she says. "He’s one of the people I’ve always wanted to see and the crowd was insane."
"The surprise act is always the best one!” she adds.
Elsewhere, Katie and Katy from Liverpool are having the best weekend in Sefton Park.
In their words: “Loving the vibe, meeting people and the best music!”
Image caption, Katie and Katy from Liverpool are "loving the vibe"
BBC Radio Merseyside team board Sugababes' tour buspublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 24 May
Claire Bryan, BBC Radio Merseyside
Reporting from Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
Image caption, We spoke to Rob, who drives the Sugababes tour bus
Away from the Main Stage and Myles Smith's performance, the team at BBC Radio Merseyside have been getting a glimpse at the Sugababes' stylish ride.
BBC Radio Merseyside’s Kevin Duala snuck onto Sugababes' tour bus!
Driver Rob says: “The Sugababes are nice and chilled, it’s not like a job at all this.”
He says there are a total of 16 beds on the bus.
A Radio Merseyside mug has been traded for some Sugababes merch - a fair deal.
Image caption, Rob's got the BBC Radio Merseyside mug we swapped