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  • Thieves steal children's bikes

    TOTS have been left heartbroken after burglars stole three specially made bikes worth about £1,500 from a school. Two crooks were captured on CCTV breaking into a shed at Newtown Pre-School and Playgroup in the grounds of Queen’s Park Primary on

  • Burns to start pre-season training next week

    SAINTS’ new stand-off Travis Burns will begin pre-season training with members of the squad next week. The 30-year-old Australian, who signed a three-year deal with the club from Hull KR, will join fellow new signing Atelea Vea from London Broncos

  • Off the ball: Spotlight set to fall on our town's finest

    THE eyes of the sporting world are going to be on St Helens’ finest for what is building up into an absolutely amazing sporting weekend on February 21/22. On the Saturday, Fingerpost’s Martin Murray will attempt to take the world middleweight crown

  • Applications now open for next stage of Heart of Glass project

    ROUND one has already got the town’s artistic pulse beating stronger and now the ambitious Heart of Glass project is opening its second stage of funding. Now led by newly-appointed director Patrick Fox, the Arts England-funded Heart of Glass project

  • Housing merger would create key player

    HELENA Housing has won support for its plans to merge with neighbouring Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT). The two registered social landlords want to combine their departments to form one large group. Helena would retain its own identity as would Warrington-based

  • Former nurse celebrates her centenary

    FORMER nurse Lena Chester celebrated her 100th birthday, complete with telegram from the Queen and a visit from the town mayor. The mother-of-one, who is described as a "content and optimistic" person, lives at Shevington Court Care Home, in

  • Theatre Royal to host enchanting ballet show

    JOURNEY back to a time of Edwardian elegance at the Theatre Royal next week. On Friday, November 7, the Vienna Festival Ballet is bringing ‘The Nutcrakcer’ to the venue as part of their 34th anniversary celebration. The show offers the chance

  • Big questions answered in new production

    A NEW St Helens-based theatre company established by a professional actor who overcome a debilitating stammer is staging a play titled The Caretaker at Chester Lane Library.Costal Productions has been established by Rob Boyle.The Caretaker is a psychological

  • 'Run for your Life' this Halloween

    ST HELENS parkrun is hosting its Hallowe'en ‘Run for your Life’ event on Saturday and is looking for some special volunteers. The day will see some paranormal pacers helping to get personal bests as, one minute after the start of the run

  • Driver thought he was going to die

    FORMER cab driver Chris Harrison says he thought he was going to die after being attacked by a drunken thug. Since the assault, during which part of his ear was bitten off, Chris has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has given up

  • We are losing our history

    I WAS interested to read the article on page 32 of the October 16 issue of the Star concerning Newton Locks. Yes, the Nine Arches Viaduct is a bit of a giveaway I suppose. So what did we have at this location until around the early 1970s? We

  • A brief history of Prescot...

    In my cycle of brief histories, I have covered the ten townships absorbed into St Helens since 1868. Now I shall look at our neighbours, beginning with Prescot. Parts of it border Eccleston, while Whiston comes between it and Rainhill. The township

  • Place of worship a fixture since Anglo Saxon times

    We believe that a place of worship has been in Prescot since Anglo Saxon times. Indeed, the font inside the church, St Mary’s Church, dates back to Anglo Saxon times. Maybe the Eccles in Eccleston (an Anglo Saxon word for church), relates to the

  • Mose Masoe set for Kiwis clash

    IN-FORM Saints prop Mose Masoe keeps his place in Samoa’s line-up as the Four Nations tournament enters its second weekend. Masoe, who improved as his debut Super League season grew and flew Down Under with a Grand Final winning grin on his face

  • Dancing magic runs in the family

    HER dad is the man who weaved the choreographic magic that brought the wand duels of the Harry Potter books to life on the big screen.Now eight-year-old Lara Harris is taking her own steps in the world of showbiz after making her professional stage debut

  • Life changing operation for little battler Taylon

    WHEN little Taylon Wilson was born with a slightly bigger head than most babies his parents could never have imagined what lay ahead. However, within weeks Kath and Andy Wilson soon discovered that their son would need a life-changing operation

  • Agonising defeat for West Park

    WEST Park scored 24 points without reply in the second half to come within a whisker of victory at Manchester Medics on Saturday. Park trailed 33-7 at the interval but their valiant fightback, before falling 33-31, was rewarded with two bonus points

  • 'Labour supporters have nothing else to say'

    ONCE again I have to respond to the “blue coloured spectacle” reader – shall we call him or her reader X, as a name is never forthcoming – who made the most ridiculous statements in the Star (23/10/2014). The statistics quoted in my previous letter

  • Let's beat bowel cancer

    DECEMBEARD is getting ever closer and I’d like to ask men throughout Merseyside to join me in going grizzly in support Beating Bowel Cancer’s campaign, to help raise awareness of bowel cancer and vital funds for the charity. As a bowel cancer survivor

  • Relocation plan to attract high street brands to arcade

    TWO town centre stores will be relocating in a bid to secure a big name high street brand to Church Square Shopping Centre. The move will see Pandora move into Thorntons' current spot, freeing up space to make the jewellery chain's existing store

  • Latest junior rugby league results and scorers

    ST HELENS junior rugby league results and try scorers. Leigh MR 6 Blackbrook Royals U7 11 Tries: Stan Halsall 4, Dylan Grace, Thomas Divine 2, Rian Arnold, James Palfrey, Tyler Waring and Mikie Duffy . Golborne 2 Blackbrook Blues U7 5

  • A helpful lot at Kwik Fit

    I WOULD just like to say thank you to Stuart and his colleagues at Kwik Fit in St Helens who are always helpful and who go above and beyond the call of duty to provide an excellent service. No matter how busy they are, they always pull out all

  • LSH ram home 38 points in 20 minutes

    LIVERPOOL St Helens recorded their eighth consecutive win in South Lancs/Cheshire One on Saturday, but for an hour nobody at Moss Lane would have dared predict the 51-11 outcome. Every so often a game comes along where the score does not come close

  • King Keiron

    I'M GLAD that Keiron Cunningham has been made Saints coach. He deserves the job, and he is a local lad who knows his rugby inside out. Well done, Keiron. Linda Cole, Clock Face

  • Pilks plans to build energy facility

    PILKINGTON has announced proposals to develop an “advanced energy facility” at its Cowley Hill site which could see the creation of 15 new jobs. The plant will be capable of producing 10 megawatts of electricity, 30 per cent which will be used

  • What else does the motorist have to put up with?

    CONGRATULATIONS to St Helens Council. Why? They have succeeded in turning the clock back more than 50 years. Where? Marshalls Cross Road. It used to be a single carriageway, was made into a double to facilitate traffic and now it is a single

  • Full of praise for first class care

    I WOULD like to thank all the staff at Whiston Hospital’s coronary department, from the cleaners and tea ladies, to the nurses and doctors. You are all angels, with the care you give to each patient. I found myself in there after an heart attack

  • Sixth form to close after damning Ofsted report

    THERE are renewed concerns for the troubled Hope Academy after plans emerged to close its sixth form following another Ofsted visit. The £33 million school, which opened just three and a half years ago following a merger between Newton High and