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Carnival of acrobats, circus and streets dancers

3:00pm Friday 25th July 2008

A CARNIVAL atmosphere will be created in St Helens on Saturday when the Brouhaha Festival comes to town.

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Men cut free from crash wreckage

9:15am Friday 25th July 2008

TWO men had to be cut free from the wreckage of a car last night after a two-vehicle smash.

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Torched murder car was dumped in Rainford

10:00am Friday 25th July 2008

DETECTIVES believe witnesses who saw a getaway car being torched on a remote country lane two years ago may hold vital information that can help catch the murderers of a father-of-four.

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Commonwealth visitors take a peek at our success story

2:00pm Friday 25th July 2008

A DELEGATION of politicians from Commonwealth countries, including a Canadian Senator, have been enjoying a study tour of St Helens to look at the borough’s economic regeneration success story.

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SHAKER champion June dies

9:00am Friday 25th July 2008

A WOMAN, who was the inspiration behind a fund which has helped save thousands of lives, has died aged 44.

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A SECONDARY school headteacher has resigned after a critical Ofsted report and a primary school head has also left his job as a mounting series of problems hangs over the education authority in St Helens.

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Boys pick up needles

8:52am Thursday 24th July 2008

A PERIL-PACKED carpet of filthy blood-encrusted syringes and drugs gear covers back alleys where children play barely a stone’s throw from St Helens Town Hall. One seven-year-old picked up a needle and took it home.

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Police concerned for missing woman

10:19am Thursday 24th July 2008

A 52-year old woman from Newton-Le-Willows has gone missing, say police.

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My little bit of justice for Helen

8:55am Thursday 24th July 2008

A MOVING memorial has been created in a churchyard as a tribute to murder victim Helen McCourt, whose body has still not been discovered more than 20 years since her disappearance.

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Judge relaxes Aki conditions

4:46pm Thursday 24th July 2008

AKINWALE Arobieke who served a jail term for his predatory harassment of young sportsmen in town, will now be allowed to travel directly through St Helens after the terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order were amended.

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