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  • Businesses given tour of warehouses at M6 Major development

    SOME of the borough's business community were given a tour of the two warehouse units at the M6 Major development. Businesses were taken around the warehouse sites as part of the Invest St Helens' Ambassadors scheme. READ MORE > Amazon unit

  • Wigan fan was 'ejected' after flare set off during derby

    SAINTS have confirmed they ejected one Wigan Warriors fan during last Friday's derby game after a flare was lit in the away end. The flare was set off in the 'East stand 'away' end in the early stages of Friday's Super League clash in which Saints

  • Cup winner Mason behind a new comic

    FORMER Saints Challenge Cup winner Keith Mason has launched a comic to coincide with Super League’s #TackleTheToughStuff campaign. Rugby Blood aims to shed light on some of the mental health problems faced by professional sportsmen. The story

  • 'We did it in Violet’s name'

    THE family of Violet-Grace Youens once again joined forces with Eccleston Fire Station to host a car wash on Sunday in her memory. Violet-Grace, from Eccleston, died aged four after she was struck by a speeding car on Prescot Road in March 2017

  • Sea of pink takes on Race for Life

    MORE than 1,600 people put on their running shoes on Sunday, July 14 for this year’s Race for Life at Haydock Park Racecourse. Residents remembering loved ones lost to cancer, or celebrating the lives of those who have survived the disease, took

  • Scully's column: Life at Saints could not be better

    YOU would think that being ten points clear at the top of the Betfred Super League and semi-finalists in the Challenge Cup would mean life couldn’t be any better at St Helens. But there is an elephant in the room and I just hope it can be sorted

  • Fire breaks out in utility room of house

    TWO fire engines attended after a blaze broke out at an address on Monday night (July 15). Firefighters attended a property on Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, shortly after 9.15pm. READ MORE > Police investigating 'arson' of caravan Crews extinguished

  • Police investigating 'arson' after caravan fire

    POLICE are investigating after a caravan was set on fire in Prescot on Monday evening (July 15). Firefighters were called to Station Road, Prescot shortly after 7pm to a caravan on fire. Shocked residents took to social media after seeing the

  • St Helens Council's £1m investment at depot

    COUNCIL chiefs are expected to give the green light to a £1 million project to address urgent works at Hardshaw Brook Depot, while it eyes a new site to store its entire fleet. The council’s only operational depot is located between Jackson Street

  • Governor warns of 'horrendous' school balances

    A SCHOOL governor has warned of the “horrendous” balances some schools in St Helens are predicting over the next two years. School balances for 2018-19 have been published by St Helens Council and show that no primary schools finished the year