A FAMILY who spent three years, four months and 26 days in hospital are celebrating after finally heading home. Caelan Bluck, from Haydock, has a rare condition called Infantile Pompe disease, which is a genetic muscle weakness caused by the build
What are you doing on a Saturday morning? Lie-in after busy week in work? Nursing a hangover after some Friday night excess? There is an alternative choice and it’s one of the best ways to start your weekend that there is. Parkrun organise weekly
SIX Saints are among the 43 players with the southern hemisphere in their sights this summer after being named in England's National Academy Performance Squad for 2020. The young players are Lewis Dodd, Cole Appleby, Lewis Baxter, Taylor Pemberton
A ROGUE plumber who was exposed on the BBC Watchdog programme has been jailed. Rick Goldthorpe, 34, from St Helens, has been jailed for 16 months for a string of botched and dangerous boiler installations. Goldthorpe, of no fixed address, contacted
A 44-YEAR-OLD man charged with sex offences on a girl has appeared in court. Melvin Anthony Miller, of Mountsfield, Frome, Somerset is accused of committing the offences in St Helens between September 2017 and February 2020. Miller has been
A FUNDRAISING page has been set up in memory of soldier Wesley McConnell. The Star reported as touching tributes were made to Wes, who passed away aged 35 on Sunday, January 26. Wesley, who was platoon sergeant, served in the military for nearly
THE Daniel Fox Foundation say being given a cash boost by Merseyside Police to educate youths on the dangers of knife crime would make "Daniel so proud of us". Daniel Fox, a carer with autistic young adults, was 29 when he was stabbed to death
Saints have named their 21-man squad for Hull on Sunday. Tommy Makinson, Morgan Knowles and Kyle Amor are all set for their first start of 2020. Alex Walmsley, who missed last week's defeat, is in the squad. Saints: 2. Tommy Makinson, 3
THE arrival of a multi-million pound business to the borough has been welcomed. Leeds-based signage specialist, Widdsigns, moved to St Helens three weeks ago after completing the takeover of Spectrum Sign & Display Ltd. This safeguarded 17 jobs
IN a night of comebacks and close encounters on week two of the 2020 Unibet Premier League world number three Gerwyn Price recovered from 6-2 down to salvage a point against St Helens’ darter Michael Smith. The Clock Face thrower was at his fluent
THE AB Sundecks 1895 Cup will have a fresh look in its second season, with three Community clubs from the National Conference League Premier Division joining 17 from Betfred Championship and League 1 for a second opportunity in 2020 to reach a Wembley
THIS vehicle has been seized by police in Rainhill. Officers seized the bike on Holt Lane on Thursday evening (February 13) which was allegedly been ridden without insurance. READ MORE > Man charged in connection with burglary and attempted
A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged in connection with a burglary and an attempted burglary in Prescot and Huyton. The offences took place during December 2019 and January this year. READ MORE > Man charged in connection with disturbance
AN angry row has broken out over a petition to install CCTV in a cemetery that neighbours say is a hotspot for yobs and antisocial behaviour. The Friends of Fox’s Bank Cemetery in Whiston claim local youths have been congregating in the cemetery
RAINFORD High’s student council has raised more than £5,000 for St Helens Young Carers Centre. The student council, which is made up of 18 students from across all year groups, have been selling cakes, organising raffles and other activities at
THE placement of vulnerable children in unregulated care homes by councils cannot continue, the MP for St Helens South and Whiston has said. Unregulated homes, which is also often called supported accommodation, are not inspected by a regulator
IT has been a special week for great-gran of 10 Sylvia who has been celebrating her 100th birthday. Sylvia Dixon, who went by the surname English before marriage, lived in Whiston and Rainhill before moving to Daneside Court Care Home in Northwich
ST HELENS Council is looking to ramp up commercial activity to prevent further cuts to vital services. Local authorities across the UK have been increasingly engaging in commercial activity as they look to become financially self-sufficient.
