Summary

  • 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

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

  1. Leaders criticise MP's housing and crime commentspublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 20 June

    A council leader and police and crime commissioner call on the MP to retract her comments.

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  2. £300k plan to restore boat pond and fountainpublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 20 June

    The revamp will see water in the Port Sunlight features for the first time in five years.

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  3. Five held as drugs, guns and cash seized in raidspublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 20 June

    A Skorpion sub-machine gun, two pistols, ketamine, cannabis and £86,000 in cash has been found.

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  4. Labour committed to Hillsborough Law - Deputy PMpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 18 June

    Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner responds to concerns that the bill is being delayed.

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  5. Historical monument to be restored at city tunnelpublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 16 June

    The original marble-clad column was removed from the Liverpool side of the tunnel during road changes.

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  6. 'Slap in the face' as council gives own firm contractpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 15 June

    Trades struggling because of roadworks are angry over payment to council-owned tourism company.

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  7. Heartbroken school mourns 'remarkable' teacher published at 06:07 British Summer Time 13 June

    Caroline Williams worked at a primary school in Southport for 25 years before she died last month.

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  8. No charges for developer held in corruption probepublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 12 June

    Elliot Lawless, 37, was arrested as part of an investigation into bribery and corruption in Liverpool.

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  9. Drug dealer brother of ex-footballer loses appealpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 11 June

    Jonathan Cassidy played a leading role in a drugs plot which his brother also got "drawn into".

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  10. Gardens £10m revamp inspired by Southport victimspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 10 June

    The vision for the new space is inspired by Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Aguiar, and Bebe King.

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  11. Kickboxer, 15, 'fought man, 34, week before death'published at 17:44 British Summer Time 10 June

    Alex Eastwood fought the adult competitor before a bout that left him fatally injured, an inquest hears.

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  12. Florist has 'looked after town' for 100 yearspublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 7 June

    Owners Peter and Elizabeth will host a celebration on Saturday to recognise the milestone

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  13. Mum's brain tumour found hours before son's birthpublished at 07:13 British Summer Time 7 June

    Hayley Burrows was 35 weeks pregnant when she suffered seizures which led to her meningioma diagnosis.

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  14. HMRC liquidates care home company over debtspublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 6 June

    Brighter Bloom Healthcare Group owes more than 472,000 to HMRC.

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  15. Cancer support centre to be built on hospital sitepublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 6 June

    Demolition of the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital reaches its final stage.

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  16. 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.

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  17. Liverpool 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.

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  18. Suspected 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.

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  19. First 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".

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  20. Trade 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.

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