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. New art trail would 'revitalise' Penny Lanepublished at 06:24 BST 30 June 2025

    An artist hopes to be granted permission to create an art trail to breathe new life into Penny Lane.

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  2. Driver charged after passenger dies in tree crashpublished at 08:29 BST 28 June 2025

    Martin Green is charged with causing Jonathan Mennell's death by dangerous driving and drink-driving.

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  3. Drivers warned over scam parking fine textspublished at 07:24 BST 28 June 2025

    Drivers are being warned not to reply to scam texts requesting payment for parking fines.

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  4. 'Dirty and unsafe' care home must rapidly improvepublished at 06:11 BST 27 June 2025

    Inspectors visiting Aaron Court Car Home found some residents were not being fed adequate meals.

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  5. Residents still out of homes after explosives findpublished at 09:43 BST 26 June 2025

    Experts continue to work their way through the house of a wartime memorabilia collector in St Helens.

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  6. Football club celebrates Glastonbury band linkpublished at 06:27 BST 26 June 2025

    Crowle Searchers share their name with a band from the 60s, due to appear at Glastonbury 2025.

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  7. Explosives found at home of wartime collectorpublished at 14:18 BST 25 June 2025

    About 200 people are told to leave home after the items were found at the home of a wartime collector.

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  8. The Christians hail drummer's 'miracle' recoverypublished at 15:06 BST 24 June 2025

    Lionel Duke is recovering after he suffered a cardiac arrest at the Liverpool festival on Sunday.

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  9. Teachers tackle skydive for Southport girl's charitypublished at 13:14 BST 23 June 2025

    The teachers raised more than £18,000 for the charity set up in memory of Elsie Dot Stancombe.

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  10. Woman dies after stabbing at shoppublished at 22:26 BST 20 June 2025

    Merseyside Police were called to "a business premises" on Stanley Road, Bootle.

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  11. Leaders criticise MP's housing and crime commentspublished at 14:57 BST 20 June 2025

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

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  12. £300k plan to restore boat pond and fountainpublished at 06:35 BST 20 June 2025

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

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  13. Five held as drugs, guns and cash seized in raidspublished at 06:34 BST 20 June 2025

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

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  14. Labour committed to Hillsborough Law - Deputy PMpublished at 15:38 BST 18 June 2025

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

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  15. Historical monument to be restored at city tunnelpublished at 06:32 BST 16 June 2025

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

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  16. 'Slap in the face' as council gives own firm contractpublished at 10:17 BST 15 June 2025

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

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  17. Heartbroken school mourns 'remarkable' teacher published at 06:07 BST 13 June 2025

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

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  18. No charges for developer held in corruption probepublished at 06:10 BST 12 June 2025

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

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  19. Drug dealer brother of ex-footballer loses appealpublished at 06:10 BST 11 June 2025

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

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  20. Gardens £10m revamp inspired by Southport victimspublished at 18:00 BST 10 June 2025

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

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