ST HELENS darters Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Stephen Bunting will compete at the BoyleSports World Grand Prix at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, from October 6-12. Fourth-seed Smith will take on the on-song Dimitri Van den Bergh in the opening
MARK Percival has described the "physical and mental blow" of sustaining yet another serious injury during a plagued 2020 campaign. Writing on his Instagram account the England international centre explained that he underwent surgery on Saturday
POLICE and firefighters were called to Billinge today after reports of a boy on the roof of a school. Officers were called to Nugent House on Carr Mill Road at around 1.40pm today, Monday, September 28 to deal with a concern for safety of a young
THE manager of a pub crowned as lockdown heroes at a national awards has spoken of her shock and delight at receiving the gong. The Victoria in Newton-le-Willows was named one of the winners at the 21st annual Great British Pub Awards, for going
ST HELENS has recorded more than 150 cases of coronavirus over the three days up until Sunday as the rise in infections has remained steady. St Helens saw 61 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, 60 on Saturday and then 44 in Sunday's figures
SAINTS prop James Graham has announced that he does not wish to be considered for selection for next year’s World Cup. He has therefore announced his retirement from international rugby league after a long, highly decorated career. Graham,
WITH Mark Percival sidelined for eight-to-ten weeks 19-year-old Josh Simm will get another chance to impress in the centres. Simm, who played in back-to-back games before Percival's return, had already been impressing coach Kristian Woolf in training
POLICE recovered a stolen Smart television after a foot pursuit of two suspects in Whiston. Officers patrolling Whiston area on Saturday evening shortly after 8pm pursued two suspects, both men, running across Windy Arbour Road near to Halsnead
CASH provided by the Government to St Helens Borough Council to manage coronavirus outbreaks may be “very quickly exhausted” by a second wave, a senior councillor has warned. In June, the Department of Health and Social Care provided funding to
SAINTS Betfred Super League fixture against Wakefield Trinity will be played on 9 October at Headingley. Emerald Headingley Stadium will host two double headers in Round 15 with all four games live on Sky Sports and via the Our League platform
A MAN was grabbed and dragged across a field into woodland by a group of people before being thrown into a swamp. Police are appealing for information following the incident, which happened in Rainhill on Saturday night, September 26. At around
A TOTAL shutdown of the region’s bars and restaurants would be “devastating”, St Helens North MP Conor McGinn has warned amid calls for a local furlough scheme to be put in place. The Labour MP has slammed ministers for appearing to once again
POLICE attended a property after receiving reports of a man forcing his way into a property who was suspected to be armed with a gun. Officers were called to a property on Recreation Street, Fingerpost during the early hours of last Friday (September
SAINTS will be without centre Mark Percival for between eight to 10 weeks. Specialists have got to the bottom of his injury that has plagued him since the restart. And coach Kristian Woolf confirmed that the England centre needed surgery -
WHILE the 2020 Coral Challenge Cup Final will be played behind closed doors for the first time in the competition’s long history, a July date has already been set for the 2021 Final at Wembley Stadium connected by EE. Plans for a first July Challenge
SAINTS tackle Wigan Warriors tomorrow behind closed doors at Salford's AJ Bell Stadium in the first derby of the 2020. 1. IT shows what an odd year it has been when the conkers are on the ground before Saints have played Wigan. The game is
RAINFORD High School has closed for two weeks after 40 students tested positive for coronavirus. Last week, the Star reported that coronavirus testing would be carried out in Rainford High School for staff and students following several confirmed
EMERGENCY services were called after two vehicles were involved in a crash at Haydock Island on Friday night (September 25). The crash took place at around 10pm on Friday. Damage was caused to a railing. Ambulance were called to the scene
PRESCOT Bus Station will be closed from today for a period of approximately four weeks. The bus station on Prospero Place will be closed for four weeks from today, Monday, September 28. This is to enable construction work for the new Shakespeare
RECENT weeks saw two of Striders' most successful ladies take on the challenge of triathlon. Kelly Hamilton travelled to Ellesmere to take on the Shropshire Sprint Triathlon. Despite entering the event on a whim only two weeks before, having never
TO tie in with the first derby of the year have a crack at these 13 Saints Wigan themed brain-teasers. 1. Who scored the Saints try from Tommy Martyn’s blind pass in the 2002 Easter game against Wigan? 2. Which player won winners medals in
LAST year was a super season for Saints - and nothing summed it up more than the sight of 6,000 travelling fans crammed into the DW Stadium on Good Friday. SAINTS stretched their lead at the Super league summit with a 36-10 thrashing of Wigan
HERE are five cases recently heard at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates' Court. A 55-YEAR-OLD man admitted to threatening to smash and blow up a woman's car. John Thomas Hopkins, of Garswood Old Road, Haydock, indicated a guilty
