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. £1m spent trying to save dangerous flatspublished at 12:05 BST 21 July 2025

    The cash from tenants and taxpayers has been spent trying to fix Beech Rise and Willow Rise.

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  2. Plea from cricket club overrun by youthspublished at 20:40 BST 19 July 2025

    The club is concerned the disruption will be a regular occurrence in the school summer holidays.

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  3. MP's claims about street problems anger residentspublished at 06:27 BST 18 July 2025

    Reform MP Sarah Pochin voiced concerns about violence and anti-social behaviour.

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  4. Boy killed in moped crash 'an all-round great kid'published at 17:41 BST 17 July 2025

    Moped rider Ronnie Tillot, 17, died at the scene of the 11 July crash which also involved a tractor.

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  5. Man and woman injured in suspected arson attackpublished at 13:00 BST 16 July 2025

    The pair live at the house in St Helens where police believe the fire was started deliberately.

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  6. 'Mum with kindest soul' found dead at home namedpublished at 08:17 BST 15 July 2025

    Phyllis Daly, 70, was found dead with "significant injuries" inside a home in Maghull, police say.

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  7. Animal ban issued after car found covered in bloodpublished at 18:04 BST 14 July 2025

    Police officers discovered the vehicle in a layby and noticed the rear bumper was covered in blood.

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  8. Murder arrest after woman found dead in homepublished at 10:48 BST 14 July 2025

    A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, with police still at the scene.

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  9. Why baby formula is in council's sights for ad banpublished at 07:26 BST 13 July 2025

    The council aims to prevent the marketing of "health harming or misleading products".

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  10. Free activities in parks during summer holidayspublished at 07:28 BST 12 July 2025

    Activities for young people are taking place every weeknight over the summer holidays.

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  11. Four men deny murder of grandmother shot at homepublished at 15:55 BST 11 July 2025

    The men deny murdering Jacqueline Rutter who was shot in Moreton, Wirral, early on 30 October 2022.

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  12. Pet store to keep name after Hugo Boss rowpublished at 14:03 BST 10 July 2025

    The fashion giant reaches an agreement with the Boss Pets after a trademark dispute.

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  13. £300 rent hike for Welsh Streets tenants scrappedpublished at 06:17 BST 10 July 2025

    The deal is a "powerful victory for people power", says Kim Johnson MP.

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  14. Reform councillor on assault charge suspendedpublished at 16:13 BST 9 July 2025

    Mandy Clare is suspended from her job in Sarah Pochin MP's office pending criminal proceedings.

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  15. Vaccine misunderstanding 'led to measles spike'published at 06:10 BST 9 July 2025

    Alder Hey hospital's chief nurse says the virus's comeback is down to a fall in vaccine uptake.

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  16. 'Tennis helped me deal with losing my eyesight'published at 06:09 BST 9 July 2025

    Neil Bamford, 53, says the sport gave him a new lease of life decades after a rare diagnosis.

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  17. Mersey ferries suspended due to technical faultpublished at 09:12 BST 8 July 2025

    Mersey Travel said its teams were "working hard" to resume normal services.

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  18. In Liverpool, an emotional rendition of Jota chantpublished at 18:06 BST 4 July 2025

    Jonny Humphries
    Reporting from Liverpool

    Media caption,

    Musician Mark Phillip led fans in an emotional rendition of the Diogo Jota chant

    Musician Mark Phillip led fans in an emotional rendition of the popular Diogo Jota chant outside Anfield.

    He said he hoped Jota's family would see footage of fans singing his name.

    "For me as a father I'm thinking about his three little boys and his wife," he said.

    "[Jota] just got married it's so sad. Such a spectacular waste of life."

  19. 'This shrine is ever growing'published at 13:14 BST 4 July 2025

    A large crowd of mourners stand looking at a grassy area completed obscured by flowers, scarves, balloons and football memorabiliaImage source, PA Media
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    The shrine to Diogo Jota has grown rapidly since the news of his death broke on Thursday morning

    BBC Radio Merseyside reporter Marc Gaier has been at Anfield both yesterday and today as thousands of fans flocked to pay their respects to Diogo Jota.

    Marc says: "I've been here since just after 07:30 BST and people were coming then to lay flowers and the tributes keep coming in - mementos, souvenirs this shrine is ever growing.

    "I posted a picture yesterday just after 10:00 and there were just two wreaths to the side of the Hillsborough Memorial."

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    The tributes keep coming in - mementos, souvenirs this shrine is ever growing.

    Marc Gaier, BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

    A card attached to a bouquet of flowers reading "With love and deepest sympathy. Love from the Elliot family. HE19"Image source, PA Media
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    The family of midfielder Harvey Elliott left a bunch of flowers at Anfield for Diogo Jota

    "The club quickly decided they needed to create a bigger space so within, we're talking now 25 hours, it's grown unbelievably so.

    "We've just had a very nice floral arrangement which has been placed there from the family of Harvey Elliott.

    "I am behind the Anfield Road end where the book of condolence queue is, there's about a couple of hundred people in it now but it's moving quite quickly because they've opened three books because there are so many people who wish to pay their respects.

    "It's been quite quite busy, quite brisk there and I'm sure more people will come through the day."

  20. Jota chant will be sung 'forever'published at 12:09 BST 4 July 2025

    Jonny Humphries
    Reporting from Liverpool

    Peter Millea, wearing a red and white Liverpool bucket hat a black replica Liverpool away kit, sits on a bench in front of a sea of red shirts, scarves, flowers and balloonsImage source, Marc Gaier/BBC
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    Peter Millea said the Diogo Jota chant was regularly sung in the stands even when the forward was not playing

    One mark of how popular Diogo Jota became with Liverpool fans was how regularly a chant about him rang out in the stands - even when he wasn't on the pitch.

    Former Liverpool councillor Peter Millea, a home and away regular, said Jota's down-to-earth, relatable personality resonated with fellow fans as well as his talent.

    He told the BBC's Marc Gaier: "There was something about him as a player when he first came to us that he became an instant hit.

    "He was one of those players you can easily take to, because of the manner in which he conducted himself on and off the pitch and the important goals he scored."

    Mr Millea said some fans at Anfield had broken into impromptu renditions of the chant while paying their respects.

    "I'm sure we'll hear it loud and clear at Wembley for the Community Shield and we'll hear it at Preston for the first pre-season away game, you know it'll be sung around the field against Athletic Bilbao and then during the course of the rest of the season and probably forever-more," he said.