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. The Open: Royal Birkdale all you need to knowpublished at 07:04 BST 14 July

    All you need to know about the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

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  2. Dad makes daughter's wedding after robot surgerypublished at 06:08 BST 14 July

    Michael Sellars, 68, was able to recover from cancer surgery thanks to a pioneering UK-first procedure.

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  3. Bill for Hillsborough Law set to be approved by MPspublished at 18:38 BST 12 July

    The crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest left 97 fans dead.

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  4. City's rail station plan moving too slowly, says mayorpublished at 06:07 BST 9 July

    Steve Rotheram says delays to the Liverpool Baltic scheme are "disappointing" and "the bane of my life".

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  5. Hillsborough Law not likely until after summerpublished at 21:05 BST 8 July

    Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy had suggested the bill would be in Parliament "in the coming days".

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  6. City's children's services improve from inadequate to goodpublished at 06:28 BST 8 July

    Ofsted upgraded its rating for services in Liverpool said provision for care leavers still needs work.

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  7. Nursery that put children at risk of harm closespublished at 14:13 BST 7 July

    K8Z Cheeky Monkeyz says it had to shut after saying it was unable to meet Ofsted improvement demands.

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  8. Family's 'beloved' gran at centre of murder probepublished at 08:48 BST 7 July

    Tracy McCormack, 55, from Litherland, was found dead inside a house in Netherton on Sunday.

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  9. Tributes to veteran MP and minister Sir George Howarthpublished at 21:44 BST 6 July

    Sir George Howarth served in Parliament for almost 38 years and was a minister under Tony Blair.

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  10. Hopes Burnham's rise could boost Liverpool jobspublished at 07:22 BST 5 July

    Liverpool's metro mayor says he hopes devolution could lead the city to attract civil service jobs.

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  11. 'I built my mate a fake bar at uni - now I'm designing his real one'published at 07:33 BST 4 July

    A woman who built a fake bar for her university friends 12 years ago is now redesigning their real bar.

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  12. Pregnant woman needs inhaler due to mouldy homepublished at 07:31 BST 4 July

    Shania Brannigan, 24, claims she had to move out of her Maghull flat after mould gave her asthma.

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  13. Man taken to hospital after suspected shop arsonpublished at 14:06 BST 2 July

    Firefighters arrived within a minute and found the blaze had already been put out by police officers.

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  14. Aviary closure came out of the blue, keeper sayspublished at 06:19 BST 2 July

    Sefton Council says the Botanic Gardens Aviary in Churchtown, Southport, will close in March 2027.

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  15. Hundreds of fraudulent Blue Badges revokedpublished at 06:03 BST 30 June

    An anti-fraud investigation found some of the badges had been issued under names of deceased people.

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  16. Pupils perform for Foo Fighters in stadium showpublished at 19:35 BST 29 June

    The Bell Tower Beats, from Anfield Road Primary School, performed for the US stars in Liverpool.

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  17. 'I'll do free prom make-up if parents are struggling'published at 06:42 BST 26 June

    A Liverpool beauty salon owner offers to do prom make-up for teens whose parents are struggling.

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  18. Inquest begins for murder suspect shot dead in Holland published at 20:35 BST 25 June

    An inquest is opened into the death of Liverpool man Paul Parker, who was shot dead in the Netherlands.

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  19. Mum recalls 'two years of hell' since son's killingpublished at 06:13 BST 23 June

    Ellis Cox, 19, was shot dead in Aintree two years ago and no-one has been charged over his killing.

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  20. Mum calls for nursery law changes after baby assaultpublished at 06:10 BST 23 June

    A mother calls for an end to unqualified staff use and mandatory CCTV in all nurseries.

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