THE leader of St Helens Conservatives has renewed calls to scrap plans to introduce three-weekly brown bin collections after it was revealed a proposed trial had been put on hold. On Tuesday new council leader David Baines confirmed new recycling
ST HELENS Council's cabinet has approved plans to invest £14.1m in roads across the borough. The local authority says the funding will see £8.3m ploughed into a range of highway works, with the aim of creating safer road networks for motorists,
SAINTS have moved swiftly to fill Sean Long's position by appointing former Halifax boss Richard Marshall as assistant coach. Marshall, who guided part-time Halifax to the qualifiers three times in four years in his spell there, has signed a deal
SAINTS are expected to fill the Sean Long assistant coach vacancy shortly, with ex-Halifax boss Richard Marshall strongly tipped to be crossing the Pennines. Long left this week to take up a position with Harlequins Rugby Union outfit, but Saints
AHEAD of Father's Day, we want to hear about the best dads in town. Whether he is there for you when you need a word of advice, always there by your side cheering on Saints, or tells the best 'dad' jokes - we want to hear from you. We are
SAINTS skipper James Roby underwent surgery on a troublesome groin injury on Tuesday and will be out for four weeks or so as he recovers. They had tried to delay the operation until the end of the year, but it was beginning to impact on his playing
LEIGH Centurions will play their AB Sundecks 1895 Cup quarter final against Barrow at Saints. Annual pitch maintenance is taking place at Leigh Sports Village, which means - given the tie up between the clubs - the game will take place at the Totally
ST Helens Council have now started legal proceedings to move on a group of travellers. The group of around five caravans are parked on land close to SKK Judo Club in Newton-le-Willows and were yesterday served a 24 hour notice to leave. However
SAINTS will have to keep an eye out for one particular old boy when Huddersfield Giants come to town on Friday night. Former Saints stand off Lee Gaskell, who played at the Grand Final in 2001, has been on top form for the Giants. The lanky
A COMPANY director has admitted health and safety breaches after a factory worker was scalped in an industrial accident. Paul Carney, a director of Cheshire Mouldings and Woodturnings Limited in Sutton, St Helens, was due to stand trial at Liverpool
SAINTS welcome back Lachlan Coote, Jonny Lomax, Tommy Makinson, Alex Walmsley and Zeb Taia for Friday night’s Betfred Round 18 Super League clash with Huddersfield Giants, (kick off 7.45pm). All five missed Sunday’s defeat at London Broncos, but
A DRIVER on the M62 travelling at close to 70mph was caught watching YouTube in heavy rain. Last night, officers from Merseyside Police's Roads Policing Unit were passing a vehicle on the busy stretch when they noticed the glare of a screen.
A SPECIAL piece of life saving equipment has been unveiled at Thatto Heath train station. Last year, Linda Fraser – a mum of three from the area – suffered a heart attack at the station and died three days later. Now, in a bid to save others
A ST Helens man is one of two men police are still hunting. Last week the Star reported that officers St Helens and Knowsley have been carrying out Operation Chipley, aimed at tracing wanted people suspected of being involved in crimes. The overall
A NUMBER of cars have become submerged in water after flooding hit several areas of St Helens this week. Roads at Peasley Cross, Merton Bank and Gerard's Bridge appear to be the worst affected. Cars became stuck on College Street, Gerard's
A WARD for adults with dementia unveiled its newly-refurbished courtyard and outdoor space for patients on Monday. The £80,000 improvement work involved a complete redesign of the existing outdoor space on Rydal Ward at Knowsley Resource and Recovery
HUNDREDS of people have taken to social media to congratulate war veteran and triple amputee Andy Reid after he was awarded an MBE. Andy, from Rainford, was serving in the army in Afghanistan in 2009, when he stood on an improvised explosive device
HOW would you feel if someone gave you £10 towards your shopping just to brighten up your day? Well that is exactly what happened on Sunday when mum-of-five Nikki Pearson was shopping at Iceland in Haydock and three young girls approached her.
