A RESTAURANT group is still weighing up which of its brands is most suitable for the West Point site. The Star had reported last April that Tex-Mex chain Chiquito were set to move into the new unit at the location, which was initially expected
SAINTS head into their first trial game on Saturday on the back of a short camp in North Wales. Field work, including a match made up of two Saints teams, were complemented with classroom sessions at Parc Eirias, the Wales RU under 20s official
A MAN will face trial next month over an alleged GBH attack shortly after Christmas. Mark John Bacon, 36, of no fixed address is accused of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Christopher Campbell at an address on Longridge Avenue, Blackbrook
THE region's Police and Crime Commissioner is asking residents to pay extra tax to help the force protect police officer jobs and recruit new armed officers. The plea comes after Policing Minister Nick Hurd MP announced that PCCs could ask ratepayers
THE whole point of a democracy is the other side carries on making the argument once a vote is cast. Considering the Brexit vote itself was anti-democratic as it was based on misinformation and lies it isn’t anti-democratic to say the people should
IN response to last week’s letter about St Helens Hospital. What an amazing place with amazing staff. From reception to cleaners, nurses, doctors and consultants – everyone one of them! Long unsociable hours under constant pressure and still providing
WHY is it that clinicians working for the NHS think they are also accountants? The reason I say this is that I am an OAP who has an under active thyroid and was told by a GP previously that I would be taking the tablets until the end of my life
HARRY Bradbury (Star, January 11) can be rest assured. Brexit will happen on March 29, 2019, at 11pm. Once Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has been invoked as it was by Theresa May on March 29, 2017, the process is
EVERY time you go on the motorways you see people texting, watching screens, on the phone, lifetime bans are long overdue. Keith Daniels via Facebook
I WORK in a retailers on Church Street and the smell of cannabis is becoming more amid and noticeable. I can honestly say everyday our staff can smell it coming in through the open doors or even on members of the public who have clearly just been
WAS it just a dream? I’m pretty sure I saw the story in the Star last August heralding the start of ‘the big improvements’ at Windle Island. I seem to recall someone said it would be completed by early 2018. We are now into the new year and
SAINTS coach Justin Holbrook will use the two pre-season friendlies to decide who his half-back partnership will be for the season opener against Castleford. Holbrook has made it clear that his charges will be “playing for places” in the forthcoming
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl drove a car without the consent of its owner and crashed it - causing damage to a wall, lamppost and wing mirror of another vehicle. The teenager was referred to the Merseyside Youth Offenders Panel by Liverpool Youth Court.
THE UK’s favourite canned peas brand, Batchelors, has partnered with Betfred Super League for the third year running. To celebrate being an official partner of the Rugby Football League for the 2018 season, Batchelors Peas is giving St Helens fans
A TASKFORCE has been set up in collaboration with the family of Danny Fox to educate young people about the dangers of knives. The aim is to ensure that children aged 10 and above know the consequences of carrying a knife and to address the reasons
HEAD coach Justin Holbrook is content with Saints’ preparations for the new campaign as the first warm-up game arrives this weekend, writes Jack Coslett. It is a stable camp heading into Super League XXIII, with back-rower James Bentley brought
A COMMITTEE of residents concerned with anti-social behaviour in Sutton had its first official meeting to discuss how they plan to work with police and groups to turn the area around. Residents from the area, as well as area councillors Pat and
