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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Glider 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.

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  14. Liverpool 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.

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  15. Significant update about investigation expectedpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 29 May

    Jonny Humphries
    Reporting from Liverpool

    Liverpool press conference

    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.

  16. What we heard from the press conferencepublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 29 May

    Jonny Humphries
    Reporting from Liverpool

    Doyle 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.

  17. 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.

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  18. Attempted 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.

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  19. How 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.

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  20. Four 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 sings into a microphone in front of a black and white BBC Introducing backdrop. She is wearing a red jacket and floral skirt. She has blonde and black hair.

    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!

    Luvcat sings into a microphone to a crowd at Big Weekend. She is wearing a red jacket and floral skirt. She has blonde and black hair.