SECONDARY school head teachers’ jobs will be on the line if they do not raise standards, the Star has been told, after an annual Ofsted report for on the quality of high school education ranked St Helens 148th out of 150 in England. The statistics
A 37-YEAR-old man remains in serious condition in hospital after suffering neck, chest and spinal injuries when a car overturned. Police are still appealing for witnesses into the incident on Birchley Road in Billinge at around 6am on Sunday, November
The draw for the first round of the 2015 Challenge Cup will take place at Wembley Stadium on Thursday January 8 from 12.45pm - with Thatto Heath and Blackbrook both in the hat. The draw sees a large geographical spread of 40 teams set out on the
PARTS of the M6 will be closed for two nights over the weekend as major renovation works on two motorway bridges near completion. The Highways Agency is carrying out essential maintenance to the concrete bridges which carry the roundabout at junction
POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned about the welfare of a 31-year-old man from St Helens who has been missing from his home since Tuesday. Michael Curran was last seen on Clipsley Lane at around 3pm on Tuesday getting on a 20A service bus
THE past 12 months have seen plenty of big sporting books hit the shelves with the autobiographies of Roy Keane, Rio Ferdinand, Kevin Pieterson and Gareth Thomas causing a few ripples. Although Steve Prescott’s life story One in a Million – which
IN 1987 when Ken Livingstone wrote his book If voting changed anything, they’d abolish it rugby league was probably the last thing on his mind. But, as if to prove a point for the former leader of the GLC, the organisers of BBC Sports Personality
WORLD middleweight title contender Martin Murray showed he has not forgotten his roots when he turned up for a training session at a Parr-based amateur boxing club. The 32-year-old Fingerpost fighter thrilled local young boxers and spectators at the
BIG game player Lance Hohaia believes home advantage could be the key factor in helping Saints bring home the World Club Challenge trophy they last won in 2007. Saints face the formidable challenge of NRL premiers South Sydney Rabbitohs at Langtree
KYLE Amor was Saints’ real life action man when Christmas came early for thousands of rugby league fans at the Trafford Centre on Sunday. The Saints prop was one of ten players unwrapped in a marketing gimmick at the busy shopping centre with an
THE William Hill World Darts Championship kicks off on Thursday, with Michael van Gerwen beginning his defence of the Sid Waddell Trophy on a star-studded opening night at London’s Alexandra Palace when he takes on Yorkshire’s Joe Cullen. Eighth
FORMER world junior champion Michael Smith would be the first to admit that he got himself into a bit of a hole form wise in November – but nevertheless the St Helens darter has the talent to dig himself out of that. Smith had enjoyed a relatively
ALL eyes will be on St Helens arrows ace Stephen Bunting on Tuesday when he makes his PDC World Championship debut at Alexandra Palace. The 29-year-old Windle-based thrower has a chance of being the first man in darts history to back up a Lakeside
AN old tree that was damaged by strong winds has been carved into a stunning sculpture that is being described as a roaring success. After taking a battering during storms the 70-year-old oak tree was posing a danger to Victoria Park’s visitors
A HEARTBROKEN family has spoken out after the death of 33-year-old Amanda Gilbart, whose battle with depression came to a tragic end last week. Amanda’s body was found by workmen at Sutton Mill Brook, off Clock Face Road - less than a quarter of
CAMPAIGNERS are fighting against council plans to cull the number of park rangers as a fresh round of budgets cuts prepare to bite. Town hall officers are examining ways of stripping a further £16 million from budgets next year and park services
A PAINTER and decorator says he chased down a thief who had snatched a pensioner’s money because “he wasn’t going to stand by and watch someone pinching at Christmas”. Philip Sharp says he did not think twice when he spotted the crook tricking
