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. Grandad hit by car 'forever in our hearts', family sayspublished at 17:28 BST 2 April

    Police continue to appeal for witnesses after Ian Baillie was fatally struck in a crash in St Helens.

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  2. 'Bus driver saw my dad fall and drove away'published at 06:36 BST 31 March

    Wirral pensioner, James Bentley, 74, was taking flowers to his wife's grave when he fell.

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  3. Ferry crosses the Mersey on final voyage after 66 yearspublished at 16:26 BST 29 March

    A special send off is held for the Royal Iris, which has ferried millions of passengers across the river.

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  4. 'This one's for John' - club remembers WW2 veteran founderpublished at 20:35 GMT 28 March

    A minute's applause is held for "true legend" John Dennett from Wallasey at the club he set up.

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  5. Farmer 'not surprised' by toxic waste test resultspublished at 15:51 GMT 28 March

    A report finds evidence of toxic waste at Commonside which operated between 1956 and 1975.

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  6. Paul O'Grady exhibition hoping to 'unmask' personapublished at 07:11 GMT 28 March

    The free exhibition opens later this year in his hometown of Birkenhead.

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  7. Police force hits back after Letby case criticismpublished at 13:46 GMT 27 March

    Cheshire Constabulary refutes former minister Sir David Davis's criticisms of its investigation.

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  8. Fraudster who blew up town centre dies in prisonpublished at 10:06 GMT 20 March

    Pascal Blasio, 65, caused a gas explosion in New Ferry to try to defraud his insurers of £50,000.

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  9. Bootle 'back on its feet' ahead of culture bidpublished at 06:35 GMT 20 March

    Jamie Carragher and Alex Greenwood are ambassadors for Bootle's Town of Culture bid.

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  10. Chester's landmark Grosvenor Hotel set to closepublished at 16:44 GMT 19 March

    Operators Bespoke Hotels say they intend to cease operating the hotel by the end of September.

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  11. Monkey can hold its baby thanks to pioneering oppublished at 11:48 GMT 19 March

    Roloway monkey Masaya at Chester Zoo welcomed infant Lagertha months after surgery to save its foot.

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  12. Man charged after six hurt in hospital attackpublished at 11:07 GMT 18 March

    The attack happened at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens in December.

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  13. Suspect re-arrested after five hurt in hospital attackpublished at 20:46 GMT 17 March

    It happened on 20 December at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens.

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  14. People 'living in fear' of youth gangs on waterfrontpublished at 13:14 GMT 16 March

    Merseyside Police are seeking new powers to tackle anti-social behaviours in Liverpool city centre.

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  15. Carbon capture pipeline plan 'threatens businesses'published at 06:31 GMT 11 March

    Small business owners voice their fears about the impact of building a 200km (124 mile) pipeline.

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  16. MP reveals rape ordeal during court reform debatepublished at 06:27 GMT 11 March

    Charlotte Nichols tells her fellow MPs about the "agony" of having to wait 1,088 days to go to court.

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  17. Council to urge government to scrap pipeline planpublished at 22:06 GMT 9 March

    Wirral Council leader Paula Basnett is to set out the objections in a letter to the government.

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  18. Iran war proves green energy is vital, says MPpublished at 06:39 GMT 9 March

    Labour MP for Sefton Central Bill Esterson says the impact on oil and gas prices is a "worry".

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  19. Let us crack down on flares, council tells governmentpublished at 06:38 GMT 9 March

    Council leader Liam Robinson writes to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood after Liverpool FC parade report.

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  20. Man seriously hurt in attack outside pubpublished at 16:01 GMT 8 March

    A man in his 30s was attacked outside the Wall of Fame pub in Formby, police say.

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