RSPCA bosses are trying to find a home for a slimmed down dog that once weighed a vastly obese 11-stone. Barney the eight-year-old Dalmatian lived on a diet of junk food - including crisps and chocolate - and ballooned to more than twice the size of
AN appeal has been made to trace the relatives of 79-year old man who died at his St Helens home. William Vincent Scollan passed away on Friday, December 11. The coroner's office at Whiston Hospital has been unable to trace Mr Scollan's next of kin
A SCHOOLBOY in his early teens was in collision with a vehicle outside Cowley Language College at about 8.10am today. Paramedics were called to the scene at Hard Lane and he was taken to Whiston Hospital, but it is believed that his injuries
THE final bell has rung for one of St Helens’ most respected boxing sons, Ray Shiel, who has died from cancer, aged 70. The heavyweight, who clashed with Thad Spencer, Johnny Prescott, Gerhard Zech and defeated British Empire Champion Joe Bygraves during
DETECTIVES have spoken to several witnesses as part of an investigation into an alleged racist attack on teenage footballer Samuel Gibson. The Star revealed last week how the 17-year-old had three front teeth knocked out when he was punched
A MAN known to his friends as “Bones” was beaten to death with his own guitar by a neighbour, a court has been told. Craig McGowan was found unconscious and lying in a pool of blood in his home in Dursley, Whiston by his horrified mother.
