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  • St Helens street names to honour VC heroes

    SPECIAL plans are being made to celebrate the town’s Victoria Cross war heroes by naming streets across the borough after them. Councillor Seve Gomez-Aspron will put a motion before the council to ‘commemorate the service and sacrifice of those

  • Liberty puts foot in right direction

    A CREATIVE schoolgirl will be stepping out in style after her shoe designs were brought to life as the reward for winning a national competition. The sketches of Liberty Maloney, a 14-year-old De La Salle pupil, were chosen out of thousands of

  • Special fundraising day gives Melissa a big lift

    BRAVE Melissa Adams was smiling all day as she enjoyed the royalty treatment when she was carried around in her own sedan chair for a day. Melissa, 11, was diagnosed with the rare Angelman Syndrome in 2006, which gave her a number of disabilities meaning

  • Man jailed after torching bridesmaids' dresses

    A MAN who set fire to his sister’s bridesmaids’ dresses after a row has been jailed for three years.Liverpool Crown Court Judge Norman Wright said that Sean Thompson’s “selfish spiteful act” had potentially put the lives

  • Spooky fun at Church Square shopping centre

    Spooktacular half-term fun is on offer for Hallowe'en at Church Square Shopping Centre in St Helens, with lots of Trick or Treat activities lined up. A host of spooky activities, led by children’s favourite Shopper Whopper, will make October 31

  • Thug tries to run over car wash worker in race hate attack

    POLICE are hunting a man who attempted to run over a car wash worker following a racially aggravated road rage attack. The man entered the ARC car wash on Park Road, Blackbrook at around 2.30pm on Friday, October 17. He walked into the office

  • COLUMN: 'Live In Glasstown'

    WELCOME to the new "Live in Glasstown" music column. I'm Simon Trubshaw and every week I'll be bringing to you what's happening on the local live music scene across St Helens. This town has always had a great local music heritage since the early

  • Poppies to create a sea of red at Dream

    MORE than a thousand poppy seeds were planted around Dream to commemorate the centenary of World War I. The Sorpotomist International St Helens Group along with the Forestry Commission organised the event which will see a sea of red surround the