QUITE rightly, councillors have poured scorn on a bid by officials to leave Blackburn and Darwen people's wheelie bins unemptied if they were 'too full.' For what seems to have begun as a safety issue -- to reduce to risk of binmen being hurt by overloaded
Nature watch with Ron Freethy THERE are two ways of looking at our local environment. You can either study natural science or natural history. Here is a bit of East Lancashire history for you. What creature looks and sounds very like an old time football
THE spectacular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" is staged by Accrington Theatre Group from November 13 to 18. More information from Accrington 01254 380293.
THE J.B. Priestley comedy "When We Are Married" -- about three couples who find a minister's mistake has invalidated their 25-year marriages -- will open in Blackburn this week. The Revidge Fold United Reformed Church amateurs present the production on
GILBERT and Sullivan fans are in for a rare feast when a star-studded line-up perform highlights from all the best-loved Savoy Operas on November 26 at St Peter's Church, Burnley. Soloists include former D'Oyly Carte and Covent Garden soprano Sandra Dugdale
I BELIEVE in a high fuel tax. We should not take the consumption of our Earth's resources for granted. I also understand the sincerity of those who engage in protest against the tax. But the plea must be made: protest can take another form rather than
THE news that scientists are to be flown out to the Falklands to study the behaviour of penguins, paid for by the Government, takes some believing. Apparently, the penguins, in their efforts to observe overflying aircraft, fall over sometimes like a line
SADLY, the current adverse weather conditions that we are experiencing nationwide meant that the fireworks extravaganza at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Sunday, November 5, did not culminate in the exceptional high standard that everyone has come to expect
I AM alarmed to learn from a national newspaper report that the Department of the Environment has calculated that, every year, 88 people die and 168 people are hospitalised as a result of the emissions from the 12 'new generation' municipal waste incinerators
COME Remembrance Day, I wonder how many poppies will be worn with reverence and gratitude in honour of the men and women of this and other lands who gave their lives through two world wars. On Remembrance Sunday you will see pious politicians with bowed
ARMED shotgun raiders grabbed cash after threatening staff in an early morning attack on a Leigh subpost office. Customers hit the floor as two balaclava clad robbers forced staff to open the safe at the 9.30am Wednesday raid in Railway Road. Shocked
I CAN feel the excitement already. Only seven weeks to Christmas. And that means only nine weeks to the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship. A packed house at the Lakeside, Frimley Green, Dougie Donnelly whipping the television audience up to
A BIN ban on collections at homes where lids are open more than 45 degrees has been slammed as a load of rubbish. And Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Malcolm Doherty has been joined by other members of the council's ruling executive board in criticising
COLIN Hendry's proposed move to the Reebok stadium is 'still in its infancy' according to Bolton boss Sam Allardyce. The former Blackburn Rovers defender, who is out of favour at Coventry City, was reported to be on his way to the Reebok on loan or on
I FELT a need to write to you after witnessing your paper boy and paper girl being bullied and attacked for no reason at all while trying to deliver the Star. Many of us have lived here all our lives and are now housebound and look forward to our newspaper
I AM writing to register my concern regarding the building of a new special needs school on the land adjacent to the Scott Clinic in Rainhill. I am a lifelong resident of Rainhill and have always accepted the fact of Rainhill Hospital being a few hundred
A MAN alleged to have carried out a knife attack in the centre of Barnoldswick has been cleared. Raymond Portman, 47, was found not guilty of unlawful wounding by a Burnley Crown Court jury on the direction of the judge, Recorder Michael Byrne. The defendant
COUNCIL bosses were encouraged to turn a blind eye to prosecuting benefit cheats -- even though they were uncovering more than a million pounds of fraud a year, a finance chief claimed today. Burnley council resources chairman Peter Kenyon, said government
PENDLE Forest Model Railway Society is counting the days to its annual model railway exhibition. A wide range of working railways will be on show at the Nelson Civic Theatre from Friday, November 10, to Sunday, November 12, in what the society hopes will
Blackpool Scorpions 18 Haydock A 28 THE Haydock second string turned in a good performance to record an excellent win away to the league leaders. Despite all the rain, the pitch was in good condition and Haydock had the wind and slope in their favour
Bold Miners 28 Albert Park 12 BOLD maintained their push for promotion from Division Two of the North West Counties League with this hard-fought success in heavy conditions. The home side got off to a flying start when player/coach Darren Anders broke
Pilks U/13s 30 Waterhead 6 A FINE team performance and slick handling saw Pilks overcome a powerful Waterhead team. Pilks' tries came from James Campbell (2), Danny Williams, Ian Redcliffe, Ste McBride, Mark Wimpenny and Ste Houghton, with David Lowe
FIXTURE chaos is looming for the town's amateur Rugby League players after another washed-out weekend. With the season less than three months old, the North West Counties League has already had more than 140 games postponed. And with arguably the worst
Castleford Panthers 4 Thatto Heath Crusaders 24 HEATH were left counting the cost of this solid away win at Castleford on Saturday as they sustained injuries to several key players. The St Helens side opened up brightly with a try in the first five minutes
A steel frame extension to the vehicle maintenance workshop at Hyde Park garage, North Valley Road, Colne looks likely to be approved. The application will be discussed by the Colne and District Committee tomorrow and officers are recommending it is granted
I BELIEVE there could be a pint or two riding on the outcome of the following yedscratter. "Where were clog-irons invented?" asks Brian Bamber, a popular committee-man at Moss Bank Labour Club. He's already chucked out the query among the club membership
IF you happened to have been included in the Holy Cross junior school day-trip to London back in 1968, then Windle reader Chris Hayton would love to hear from you. Chris, from 42 Sackville Road, picked up his pen after spotting himself on the flashback
BOSSES of a dairy were left feeling cheesed off when thieves stole eight tons of Lancashire and Cheshire cheese worth £20,000. The cheeses, which in 40lbs pieces, were stolen from Wolfen Mill Dairy, Chipping, after an alarm system failed to go off.
A COACHLOAD of children had a lucky escape when their school bus was involved in a crash on an isolated country lane. The 18 Ribblesdale High School youngsters were left shaken but uninjured after their 52-seater coach collided with a car in Rimington
A POLICE officer is pursuing a sexual harassment case against Lancashire police even though the man she accused of discrimination is dead, after apparently taking his own life. PC Reehaina Saddique's employment tribunal, which began on Monday in Manchester
A POLICE officer is pursuing a sexual harassment case against Lancashire police even though the man she accused of discrimination is dead, after apparently taking his own life. PC Reehaina Saddique's employment tribunal, which began on Monday in Manchester
FORMER Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Andy Crabtree has become the first RAF officer to be trained on a special course by the American air force. Flight Lt Crabtree, 29, was born in Whalley and joined the RAF in 1994. He has served all over the
I DIDN'T know until I started investigating my ancestors a year ago just how big a hobby family tree tracing is. But there are tens of thousands of us out there squinting at microfilm files on long-dead folk, at ancient wills and electoral rolls. And
WASN'T that a heart-warming tale -- of 85-year-old smiling granny Ada Gibson, above, who only learnt to swim at the age of 77 and has since raised more than £7,000 for charities by ploughing 325 miles up and down the pool in sponsored 50-length Sunday-morning
THE South Lancashire branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) has received a grant of £4,500 from the National Lottery Millennium Festival Awards for All. The cheque was presented by BBC weather presenter Heather Stott The branch covers
MAYOR of St Helens, Councillor Pat Robinson is appealing to Star readers to help boost her Mayor's Christmas Toy Appeal 2000 for local youngsters in need. The annual appeal calls for donations of toys, chocolate selection boxes or cash in the weeks leading
A UNIQUE partnership between St Helens Chamber, the Local Education Authority and schools and businesses in the town, has been launched by St Helens North MP, Dave Watts. The Business for Schools Charter is a business-led initiative designed to foster
AN angry Rainhill resident has accused the council of ignoring concerns over potential safety risks by granting planning permission for a telecommunications antenna to a mobile telephone company. The two-metre One 2 One antenna is to be erected on the
WHEN childhood sweethearts Andrew Foster and Joanne Owens moved into their new home, they resigned themselves to having to wait a little bit longer to get married. The couple, who live in Whiston Lane with their five-month-old daughter, Laura Claire,
THE Michael Hughes Appeal Fund has been given a welcome boost this week thanks to a caring pensioner who was so touched by Michael's plight that she decided to donate the money she had been saving for a holiday to the fund. The big-hearted pensioner,
A TEACHER who paid nearly £2,000 for a new fitted kitchen is still waiting for it to be delivered almost five months later. Now Joan Hurst is demanding action from Curry's as she faces the possibility of cooking Christmas dinner in her old kitchen, even
TALENTED youngster Samantha Barr is flying high after winning two medals in the North West Sports Acro Championships in Liverpool. The eight-year-old from Markfield Crescent, Islands Brow, has been competing in Sports Acro -- a form of acrobatic gymnastics
Ruskin Park 27 LSH XV 11 IN a thoroughly entertaining game, Ruskin gained a hard-earned victory in this derby match, and inflicted only the second defeat of the season upon their local rivals. Ruskin were soon 12 points to the good, when Ben Mousley and
West Park 45 Penrith 7 VISITORS Penrith provided sterner opposition than in their Tetley Bitter dismissal back in September but found West Park in ebullient mood after their league defeat at Stockport last Saturday. In fact, they scored from the kick-off
ONLY one St Helens Combination game survived the weather at the weekend, although one Sunday fixture could also have taken place but for Penlake's non-appearance at Bold Miners. The game that survived was a Star Premiership game at Ruskin Drive, where
SIX youngsters marked their final year at Thatto Heath Primary School by being rewarded by school governors for outstanding individual achievements. The millennium awards, which acknowledge the range of talent promoted by staff and parents at the school
DULCET-TONED Haydock Male Voice Choir have yet again hit a high note in a prestitious competition. This time within the hallowed portals of Worcester Cathedral, where they earned top rating in the Elgar Festival with a superb rendition of 'The Wanderer
ABOUT 50 local families took part in a 'learning through play' event to encourage parents to support their children's education. The art and craft workshop was organised at the Chester Lane Centre in Marshalls Cross by members of St Helens Council's family
THE Inland Revenue is currently offering free advice to people in St Helens who believe they may be paying too much tax on their savings. They say that around several million people across the UK who are on low incomes may be entitled to some tax back
PILKINGTON have announced that discussions with the Visteon Corporation in North Amercia have been ended by mutual agreement. It was intended that talks would lead to the formation of a new glass company. Paolo Scaroni, Pilkington's chief executive, said
A PROJECT to establish teams of art ambassadors in primary and secondary schools has been launched in St Helens. The aim of Creative Connection is for pupils, teachers and governors to work together to link the school community with contemporary artistic
TWO new courses are being offered early in the new year for fathers and grandparents of disabled children. The fathers group will look to address the needs and concerns of fathers together with the health and education of youngsters' family life and financial
ST HELENS Chamber is celebrating after securing £700,000 through this year's round of European Social Funding (ESF) under the Merseyside Objective 1 programme. The money will help to provide financial supports for 10 bids locally. Some of the cash will
MERSEYSIDE Police have developed contingency plans for potential fuel protests in the county. The Force says it is prepared for every potential eventuality and officers are reassuring the public they will be working to minimise disruption and will continue
IF you've got any left-over foreign currency from your summer holidays, the St Helens branches of Manweb ScottishPower in St Helens Retail Park and King Street and the customer service centre in Ormskirk Street, want to hear from you. For the company
A SPECIAL seminar aimed at improving the public perception of pub and club doormen will be held at St Helens Town Hall on Wednesay, November 29. The event has been oganised by police from St Helens' licensing division and St Helens Council, at the request
POLICE officers from St Helens' Central Sector will be carrying out Operation Calm this weekend (November 10 and 11) in a bid to ensure that St Helens town centre is a vibrant and safe place to visit for a good night out. Local officers will be joined
Hyndburn Speakers' Club, Accrington Town Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Livesey WI, Livesey Parish Community Hall, Yorke Terrace, Feniscowles, 7.30pm. Maximum Rhythm 'n' Blues 2000, King George's Hall, Blackburn. Hobbies Exhibition, St Silas Church, Preston
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy EVERYBODY hates a drought. We have to endure hosepipe bans and the wildlife suffers from lack of water. However, towns and countryside suffer even more when we have floods. The last week or so has more than proved that these
THE spectacular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" is staged by Accrington Theatre Group from November 13 to 18. More information from Accrington 01254 380293.
A REMEMBRANCE Concert for the Millennium will be presented by Bolton Choral Union on Saturday. The Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street, Bolton, is the venue for the concert on Saturday, November 11 starting at 7.30pm. Performers will also include the Canerata
ARTS lovers could do worse than call into the Pendle Hippodrome Theatre in Colne between November 18 and 26 when the annual arts and crafts fair will be staged. This is the 12th year the fair has been held and an admission fee of 50p will give you the
THEATRE-GOERS have the chance this week to see one of the great classics set to music. The curtain went up on "Scrooge -- The Musical" last night at St Cuthbert's Hall, Sharpe Street, Burnley, and the show continues until Sunday, November 12. St Cuthbert's
YOUR editorial (LET, October 27) referred to juvenile nuisance as a nagging problem for society, with portents for serious crime and, rightly, defined two remedies for tackling the causes of the malaise -- the provision of a stimulating atmosphere for
IT never rains but it pours. While we're getting a soaking over here the first rain in a month in Peshawar held up the start of play in England's last warm-up game before the opening Test against Pakistan. Lo and behold when the match did get underway
IT appears that snooker star Anthony Hamilton has paid the price for taking his nick-name a little too seriously. Hailing from Nottingham, Hamilton is naturally dubbed the Robin Hood of snooker. So when a friend of his was about to be pick-pocketed for
THIS is the teenage terror who has been banned from getting drunk in public and harassing people anywhere in Hyndburn. Lee Martin Birkett, who at the age of 17 is legally too young to buy alcohol, was named and shamed by magistrates in a bid to prevent
FORMER Barnsley favourite Craig Hignett plans to have the last laugh tonight when he faces his old club for the first time since his summer move to Ewood. Hignett's old pals at Oakwell have been taunting him all week with a series of text-messages ahead
Blackburn new-boy Brad Friedel met his fellow keepers yesterday. Friedel (centre) signed on a free transfer from Liverpool after solving work permit problems is pictured at Brockhall with, from left, John Filan, Matthew Hind, Michael Bingham and Alan
BIG MONEY MAN: Barnsley boss Dave Bassett shelled out £750,000 to tempt Nottingham Forest into parting with striker Neil Shipperley. And the Tykes have been richly rewarded in goals so far with Shipperley (pictured) contributing 13 to last season's promotion
BARNSLEY boss Dave Bassett is backing former Rovers favourite Stuart Ripley to supply the ammunition to shoot down his old club at Oakwell tonight. Tykes chief Bassett has snapped up the former England man on a one-month loan from Southampton ahead of
ABOUT eight months ago, Transco began ripping up Peasley Cross Lane. Typically they dig a hole in the road and then leave it for weeks and even months before filling it, only to open another one a few yards away. Their temporary traffic lights are a pain
WE are a group of very poor and simple people from Buhusi, a small town in Romania, and we would like to thank Keith Deakin for the wonderful help he gave us. Thanks for your kindness and promptness, we now have water pumps in our yards. We would also
I DO wish someone could explain to me what the protesters about the cost of petrol/Derv think they are going to gain by once again trying to hold the country to ransom by the threats being made to escalate the situation. Let me just say, the cost of running
AN AMAZING 17 years spent searching for work is over for Billy Speakman after he landed his first ever job at Safeway. Billy, 33 from Clock Face, had been unemployed since leaving school at 16. But his luck has at long last changed after a staggering
MOTORISTS who risked their lives by driving along a road which was closed following a landslip were today slammed by the Highways Agency. The A646 between Burnley and Todmorden re-opened last night after being closed for a week following the land slippage
A DEPRESSED fines defaulter sent to an attendance centre for 24 hours never went once, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates were told how Joseph Hartley, 21, had never spoken to the centre organiser and had not responded depite being written to three times
TRADERS have united to oppose plans to erect new flats for homeless young people on the edge of Burnley town centre. More than 50 businessmen say a former waste paper site in Queens Lancashire Way is officially earmarked for retail or commercial use and
BACK-to-back Super League champions Saints have reluctantly increased admission charges for next season after pegging them for the Millennium campaign. Said chief executive Malcolm Kay: "We regret the move after providing the best value in Rugby League
Pilkingtons A 22 Clock Face Miners 14 CLOCK went into this re-arranged game not having played for five weeks and still looking for their first away win, but it was not to be as Pilks' strength and experience told in the end. The Miners started off well
IT seems there's a fortune in assorted heavyweight scrap lying deep beneath the foundations of the new Morrisons supermarket site in St Helens. For, according to various sources from around the borough, this was once the location of a huge clayhole into
THIS is the teenage terror who has been banned from getting drunk in public and harassing people anywhere in Hyndburn. Lee Martin Birkett, who at the age of 17 is legally too young to buy alcohol, was named and shamed by magistrates in a bid to prevent
OLD school pals put their best feet forward to help a charity close to their hearts. Richard Ormiston and Richard Ball spent 16 gruelling days completing the 260-mile Pennine Way walk to raise money for bowel cancer research. The pair, both aged 23, have
SIMON Mark Ridgway caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to parked cars after taking magic mushrooms he had gathered in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle. Blackburn magistrates heard he was seen jumping on the roof of one vehicle before climbing along
HOUSING chiefs in the Ribble Valley are planning to call a halt to new homes developments in a bid to ease pressure on the area's schools, health services and commuting problems. The borough has a 40 per cent over supply of housing, four times the recommended
STRIKER Alan Lee is inching nearer a permanent move from Turf Moor to Rotherham. The former Republic of Ireland under-21 international is into his second month of a loan spell at Millmoor and has helped Ronnie Moore's side climb to fourth place in the
CLARETS winger Glen Little is expected to resume full training tomorrow with his eyes on a place in the Burnley squad to face Sheffield United at Turf Moor on Saturday. Little has been out of action for almost four weeks with a hamstring injury he sustained
ANOTHER week, another estate with thugs running riot and making life a misery for decent folk -- this time, the area around Dorset Place, Church. But much as the thoughtless design of many of these increasingly-shunned housing estates leads to them becoming
NOW, hear this -- it's high time something was done about the vast difference in the price of ale up and down the country. It costs folk around here £1.60 a pint yet down in places like Oxford it's a thumping £2.80 a time. Not fair and not right, I tell
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today insisted automatic promotion could be back on as Rovers prepare to face Barnsley at Oakwell tonight. Just three weeks ago, Souness had all but conceded a place in the top-two after Rovers slumped to a 2-1 defeat against
CLARETS winger Glen Little is expected to resume full training tomorrow with his eyes on a place in the Burnley squad to face Sheffield United at Turf Moor on Saturday. Little has been out of action for almost four weeks with a hamstring injury he sustained
COMPANY bosses will gather at Ewood Park tomorrow in a bid to promote East Lancashire's business links with Poland and Italy. Innovate 2000 is an exhibition and conference aimed at encouraging joint manufacturing and trading initiatives. A number of businesses
A YOUNG apprentice at aerospace giant BAE Systems Samlesbury site clinched the runner-up spot in the final of a North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) award scheme. James Rickard, a second year apprentice, came second out of 12 young people in the Irene
BOSSES are being encouraged to go back to the classroom to get the resources, technology and expertise they need for their businesses to boom. Partnerships with universities can provide East Lancashire firms with the skills and advice they need, around
A NEW initiative which aims to get disadvantaged young people in Merseyside into work should be officially up and running by next April after winning Government approval. Carole Hudson, chief executive of St Helens Council, chaired the successful bid
The game was postponed for a third time on Wednesday due to the saturated state of the Stainton Park pitch, but if it has dried out in time and we get no more heavy rain, it will go on on Saturday and will be played to a finish. The UniBond League gave
COUNCIL watchdogs gave counterfeiters the boot when they raided a warehouse and confiscated a total of 840 pairs of high fashion counterfeit footwear valued at more than £120,000. Trading Standards Officers, police and customs officials foiled an attempt
THE opening of the new B&Q Warehouse in St Helens will see the creation up to 250 new jobs in the town and the store is already looking for new recruits. The new store, due to open in January 2001, is looking to fill vacancies, particularly for the
A GROUP of neighbours has objected to an application for the renewal of a public entertainment licence by St Helens Deaf Society in Dentons Green Lane. In a letter to the council, residents from nearby Keswick Road, explained: "We are objecting to the
Detectives are urging people to take extra care securing their homes and vehicles following a spate of burglaries in Edgworth and Hoddlesden. Last night thieves climbed a drainpipe to break into an upstairs window of an off licence on Bolton Road, Edgworth
POLICE, community leaders and domestic violence groups have reinforced a judge's warning to parents not to take the law into their own hands over who their children should marry. Deputy High Court judge Sir Henry Ognall, issued the warning yesterday as
A BAG-SNATCH victim is in hospital after being dragged to the ground by a robber leaning out of a car. The 78-year-old woman injured her shoulder in the incident in Bury Road, Rawtenstall. She was attacked when a blue car was driven onto the pavement
A DRIVER claimed a nip of whisky with his mid-morning coffee and a cream sherry with his lunch put him three times over the drink-drive limit. Blackburn magistrates heard that Peter Simm collided with a car being reversed into a driveway and the driver
BIN collectors and residents disagree over who is to blame for the state of the borough's waste collection service. Adam Whitehead, from Redlam, Blackburn, a bin wagon driver for the last two years, said they collected around 1,200-1,500 bins a day and
SECURITY is set to be tightened at a hospital after thieves stole a life-saving defibrillator. Plans are now being acted upon to install CCTV in the grounds of Chorley and District General Hospital following the theft. Hospital chiefs say Monday's incident
A NEW board made up of people from across Lancashire will help to run the probation service as it prepares for a critical change in its management. In the service's annual report, published today, Chief Probation Officer John Crawforth made assurances
A BIN ban on collections at homes where lids are open more than 45 degrees has been slammed as a load of rubbish. And Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Malcolm Doherty has been joined by other members of the council's ruling executive board in criticising
A COUNCIL leader today admitted people could be left stranded at night because his area of Blackburn is becoming a no-go area for taxis and buses. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Malcolm Doherty spoke following a spate of attacks against public
AS the final round of the PowerZone of Padiham SD34 Road Rally Championship, the Cock of the North saw an excellent turn-out of crews from East Lancashire. Son-and-father team Neil and Stephen Bye, from Burnley, emerged as top local finishers. The duo
IT was anything but plain sailing for Steve Entwistle when he netted two awards on the rain-lashed Classic Illuminations Rally. Although the Accrington-based driver won his class and finished as top expert, he had a lucky escape when a flash flood threatened
Accrington Stanley 2, chorley 1 UNIBOND Premier side Stanley progressed into the second round of the FA Umbro Trophy despite having to come from a goal behind against First Division opponents Chorley. The Reds will make the trip to either First Division
THE weather once again made massive big inroads into the St Helens McDonald's JOL programme at the weekend with only one game being played. Under 14s: Bleak Hill Rovers 2 Rainhill Rangers 0. FIXTURES Under 16s: Crosfield v Blackleyhurst, Rainford Rangers
ST HELENS Striders member Brian Middleton completed his 50th marathon by taking part in the prestigious and world famous New York event. And he acquitted himself well, completing the course in the highly creditable time of 3hrs 30mins. Meanwhile, back
TWO talented young netball players from St Aelred's Catholic Technology College in Newton have been selected to play for the Merseyside County team. Amy Syddall and Meaghan Carroll, both aged 15, were selected for the under 16s team following a trial.
Liverpool St Helens 21 Sandal 13 LSH made a bright and breezy start to match the weather. Aussie Darren Crilly crossed for the homesters' first try on seven minutes after good work by Njike Tchakovte (Teaky) and Dave Bailey. And Simon Worsley added a
JUMP racing fans are in for a treat at Haydock Park on Saturday, November 11 when the £42,000 Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase tops the bill of an impressive six-race card. Some of the country's top chasers have been entered for the Edward Hanmer, the first
THE Rainhill Junior League's under 10s mini soccer successfully kicked off on Saturday at the weekend, but the league programme on Sunday was once again badly affected with only one game being played. RESULTS Under 10s mini soccer Week One Premier: Blackbrook
POLICE are looking for a teenager who pushed a 12-year-old boy off his bike and then stole it. The incident happened in Norfolk Road, Toll Bar, between 4.30 and 4.45pm on Wednesday, November 1, and the stolen bike is a black and yellow Emmelle Ascent
A GROUP of students from St Helens College were given a glimpse of life on the ocean wave when they paid a visit to the 4,600-ton Type 22 frigate, HMS Chatham when she berthed in Liverpool. The students talked to sailors about their jobs and it was also
A MAJOR building scheme is set to bring more state-of-the-art technology to Whiston Hospital. A £2.5 million imaging centre will house two new scanners. It is being built next to the Accident and Emergency department and is expected to be completed next
YOUNGSTERS in St Helens now have the chance to learn what life was really like more than 100 years ago with the introduction of a new interactive CD-ROM package. 'St Helens -- The Way It Was' has been produced by St Helens' Local History and Archives
A FORMER pupil of Nugent House School, Billinge, has received a national award for outstanding achievement from the Archbishop of Liverpool. Sixteen-year-old Jason Provost was a day pupil at the school for eight years before leaving earlier this year
HORSE lovers from St Helens did their 'bit' in support of a campaign to reduce the number of accidents involving horses and riders on the roads by taking part in a ride through St Helens on National Horse and Road Safety Day. About 30 local riders took
BUTCHERS across the borough, who have introduced new measures to control potential health hazards, have reached a good standard of hygiene. St Helens Council's Environmental Health section is delighted by the response from local butchers to new legislation
A DEVOTED dad is appealing for the return of the family's pet puppy which went missing last week -- leaving his three year-old daughter heartbroken. Little Megan McHale has been inconsolable since Fudge, a four months old 'Irish Staffordshire' Bull Terrier
APPEARING on television is old hat to 10-year-old Ryan Martindale -- and its all thanks to The Simpsons! For Ryan, from Singleton Avenue, Blackbrook, is a huge fan of the popular cartoon comedy series and has already amassed a collection of memorabilia
FORMER Star 'Young Stars of Tomorrow' competition winner, Matthew McGurk is making a spellbinding return to his home town For the 18-year-old magician is appearing in 'The Great Kovari Magic Show' at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday, November 11 from 2.30pm
EAST Lancashire Railway has shunted its competitors into the sidings to pick up a national tourism award. The line has scooped the Sustainable Tourism Award from the English Tourism Council in a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London. The accolade came
