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. Restaurant boss watched business 'go up in flames'published at 06:21 GMT 27 January

    Adam Noble said the fire at his restaurant in Waterloo left him feeling "numb".

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  2. 'Disgusting' hotel to become council rehab homepublished at 15:19 GMT 26 January

    Liverpool City Council wants to turn a rundown, closed hotel into a rehabilitation centre.

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  3. Why Knowsley Labour councillor has joined Green Partypublished at 14:04 GMT 25 January

    Chantelle Lunt joined the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in 2019.

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  4. 'We lost purpose when son died - we don't want it to happen to others'published at 11:26 GMT 24 January

    Matthew Lock's parents are calling for more support around ADHD diagnosis after their son's death.

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  5. How are Merseyside buses changing?published at 07:56 GMT 24 January

    There are some big changes planned to Merseyside's bus networks.

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  6. Mystery as woman finds second snake in her gardenpublished at 09:12 GMT 23 January

    Charley Harrison is baffled after finding two snakes in 10 days in the garden of her St Helens home.

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  7. How an A&E department makes way for patientspublished at 13:12 GMT 22 January

    Up to 2,000 staff keep Whiston Hospital in Merseyside running at any one time.

    “Our golden time is the morning, it’s crucial that we get morning flow as that’s what prevents us bottlenecking in the afternoon,” says Lyn Swift, patient flow lead nurse.

    “We can then hopefully start to decongest A&E a little bit and make way for the next patients coming in.”

    Staff gather for the bed meeting four times a day to get an overview of how busy things are at the hospital.

    During the second meeting of the day at 12:30 GMT, 145 people are waiting in A&E.

    A total of 90 patients have come into A&E since the last meeting at 09:00 and the wait time is just over three hours.

    A nurse with blonde hair is looking to the right of the camera, wearing a striped dark uniform with a yellow name badge on. She's standing in the corridor of a hospital ward

    The start of January is often the busiest time of the year. This year is no different. This year has seen a surge in respiratory issues.

    “We have two wards which are closed at admission due to norovirus," says Milady Doinog, operational site manager.

    “It's spiking now and again.

    “It's so erratic that we have opened some wards and then we close it again because it’s just infection everywhere.”

  8. Fire death couple 'unintended victims of drug row'published at 12:58 GMT 21 January

    A court hears that Sheila Jackson and Peter Greener died in an arson attack on their home.

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  9. City approves plan to increase parking chargespublished at 06:28 GMT 21 January

    Parking on the street for one hour will cost £4.40 after city leaders approved planned increases.

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  10. Parents back campaign to boost ADHD supportpublished at 06:24 GMT 21 January

    Matthew Lock, who was a Labour councillor for Maghull and Lydiate, died in 2023 aged 19.

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  11. Ban on junk food and vape adverts proposedpublished at 07:03 GMT 20 January

    It would see adverts banned on public services such as trains and buses in the Liverpool City Region.

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  12. More than 41,000 unpaid carers go under the radarpublished at 15:51 GMT 18 January

    Liverpool City Council is looking at ways to help more people who provide unpaid care.

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  13. 'We never considered giving up on Southport Pier'published at 06:26 GMT 16 January

    Sefton Council submits a business case for £20m of funding to repair and reopen Southport Pier.

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  14. Footage exposed killer driver's lies to avoid jailpublished at 13:40 GMT 14 January

    Police say the investigation is one of the largest ever carried out by its serious collisions unit.

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  15. 'I thought my partner pranked me with fake snake'published at 06:10 GMT 14 January

    Charley Harrison was absolutely petrified when she found a snake outside her front door in St Helens.

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  16. Lords praise for murdered prison officer's familypublished at 08:13 GMT 13 January

    Lenny Scott's family are hailed for their campaign to extend whole life sentences.

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  17. 'My daughter's earache was actually brain tumour'published at 07:25 GMT 11 January

    A Formby mum describes her three-year-old's courage in the face of the shock diagnosis.

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  18. 'Wolverhampton council leader should visit Liverpool'published at 16:24 GMT 9 January

    Council leader Liam Robinson said new government proposals were "a step in the right direction".

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  19. 'If fans couldn't afford kits they wouldn't pay'published at 09:38 GMT 8 January

    Tom Beahon, of sportswear firm Castore, says fans buy official shirts because they can afford to.

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  20. 'White elephant' Littlewoods project 'needs boost'published at 06:16 GMT 8 January

    Plans to turn the former Littlewoods site in Liverpool into a film studio complex have stagnated.

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