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. Major LGTBQ+ venue 'will bring community together'published at 08:17 BST 18 May

    The 1000-capacity super club, Haus Of Fun, will open in Liverpool's Pride district in October.

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  2. The house converted into Goodison executive loungepublished at 08:10 BST 17 May

    Step inside the terraced house transformed into a matchday executive lounge for Everton fans.

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  3. Air gun found at double stabbing where man shotpublished at 08:09 BST 17 May

    A 33-year-old man was shot by police in Huyton after a man and woman were found stabbed, the IOPC says.

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  4. Pub's tribute to singer killed ahead of upcoming gigpublished at 16:02 BST 16 May

    Jay Newby-Gallagher was due to play a gig at the weekend, which will pay tribute to him.

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  5. How Goodison Park is more than a football groundpublished at 06:27 BST 15 May

    The stadium has been at the heart of its community since it opened in 1892.

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  6. Real identity of Diane killer 'was known on estates'published at 06:24 BST 15 May

    A charity set up after Diane Sindall's murder was told by locals police had the wrong man.

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  7. Fan died hours after he 'fulfilled his dreams'published at 06:39 BST 13 May

    Irish Everton fan Niall Cunneen, 56, died suddenly on 3 May, hours after meeting one of his heroes.

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  8. Footballer Jesse Lingard's grandad to face retrialpublished at 14:25 BST 12 May

    The jury in Kenneth Lingard's trial was discharged earlier this month it can now be reported.

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  9. Tunnels below arcade became women's factory of warpublished at 07:26 BST 10 May

    Women who worked in New Brighton's arcade spent years making munitions in secret tunnels beneath it.

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  10. Man charged with attempted murder after stabbingpublished at 09:51 BST 9 May

    The victim, a man in his 60s, suffered serious injuries and is in a serious but stable condition.

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  11. Antisocial youths driving out members - cricket clubpublished at 14:59 BST 6 May

    A large group of young people fought each other with hammers and stumps in the latest incident.

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  12. Denise Richards' surprise visit to Liverpool pubpublished at 13:35 BST 6 May

    The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star says the Liverpudlian dish was "so delish".

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  13. Ex-Runcorn MP blames Labour mistakes for election lossespublished at 11:07 BST 6 May

    Mike Amesbury says Reform UK benefitted from government mistakes over welfare cuts.

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  14. 'We clean up our city's playgrounds to give back'published at 10:40 BST 6 May

    Andrew Salim's team of volunteers wear orange balaclavas while cleaning up Liverpool's playgrounds.

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  15. MP calls for ID fraud probe into property firm bosspublished at 06:28 BST 6 May

    Kim Johnson calls for police to look into a firm run by a convicted conman who changed his name.

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  16. Guide to Liverpool's Sound City 2025published at 15:56 BST 2 May

    The event will see more than 50 artists perform at independent venues across the city.

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  17. Reform takes Runcorn from Labour by just six votespublished at 15:01 BST 2 May

    Sarah Pochin overturns a huge 14,696 majority to win Reform UK’s first by-election.

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  18. Reform win Runcorn - Henry Zeffman on what comes nextpublished at 14:42 BST 2 May

    Henry Zeffman on what comes next after Reform UK win in Runcorn

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  19. We're going to be here for a fair bit longerpublished at 11:37 BST 2 May

    Kaleigh Watterson
    Reporting from Widnes

    So a recap of what's happened in Runcorn and Helsby this evening and this morning.

    A full recount has been confirmed. This is after some papers were rechecked earlier.

    Sources from parties said there were just four votes in it.

    The counting team, the gathered press and the candidates and their teams are going to be here in the DCBL Stadium for a fair bit longer now.

    It's also worth noting that we still haven't seen the Labour and Reform candidates here. And there was talk of Nigel Farage arriving too, but again, we've not seen him.

    As for me, I've decamped to the press room to open my emergency Skittles. Election nights always require some extra snacks as you never know what could happen!

  20. Still no idea when Runcorn will be calledpublished at 11:36 BST 2 May

    Kaleigh Watterson
    Reporting from Widnes

    Here at the Runcorn and Helsby count in Widnes, the returning officer has called over the candidates and agents again - he said there’s a couple of doubtful votes they want to verify.

    Still no estimate on the declaration time here.