St Helens | Archive | 2006 | February
Sunday February 12 - Under 14: Milton Juniors 1 Nalgo 5, Rivington 2 Clock B 3 more...
ST Helens moved three points clear at the top of the league with a superb 2-0 win over their closest rivals Liverpool. more...
Sunday February 12 - Under 15: Clock Face Miners 0 Blackbrook 7, St Annes Rovers 7 Whiston Juniors 0 more...
A GROUP of youngsters are practising their Italian for a one-off performance of a classic opera at the Theatre Royal. more...
THERE is a last chance to enjoy the hit musical Scrooge at the Liverpool Empire this weekend. more...
THE Pilkington Musical Theatre Company is looking for youngsters who would like to take to the stage in a new production of Bugsy Malone. more...
A TOWN centre record shop will be making the music at their very own night in Liverpool next week. more...
DO YOU think you could be the next Robbie Williams? more...
YOUNGSTERS under 16 are being given the chance to showcase their music and dancing talent at 'pop school'. more...
TREAT your young ones to an afternoon of animal fun at The Citadel. more...
CASANOVA, a legendary swashbuckling womaniser, struts his stuff in this witty and light-hearted romantic comedy. more...
A GLITTERING array of entertainers performed live last weekend at busy Clubland venues across the length and breadth of the borough. more...
A SPECIAL exhibition of art depicting the First World War is now showing at the Imperial War Museum. more...
A THOUGHT provoking play looking at the plight of asylum seekers is coming to The Citadel. more...
A NEW exhibition highlighting unique jewellery designs is on show at The World of Glass more...
I'M writing this letter in response of the tragic death of this 12-year-old girl who was killed while crossing the East Lancashire Road near Moss Bank. more...
I WAS outraged to read in the Star the other week that 170 staff at St Helens JobCentre have recently been on strike in a dispute - ironically - over proposed job cuts 'Jobs staff striking over cuts' (Star February 2). more...
AN article in the January edition of the Council's St Helens First magazine headlines 'Bypass will improve nature and heritage site'. more...
I WOULD like to add my support to the writer who was upset by Royal Mail's policy of non-delivery and charging when the sender hasn't paid the full postage 'Anybody else had this problem with their post' (Dear Star, February 2). more...
I CAN'T help thinking that St Helens Council have missed a golden opportunity to save a fair wedge of cash and at the same time create a safer and more attractive network of roads at the back of the town hall. more...
I'VE read the paper over the past few weeks and saw letters about foul language on buses where children are. But what I find a greater concern than the foul language is the danger the bus driver on Saturday, February 4 put everyone on the bus in. more...
ON our street there was some mess on the path that some little children had created. I suggested to them that they might like to tidy it up... and that's just what they did. more...
THESE were the poignant scenes today, Thursday, as family and friends said their sad farewells to teenager Jason Carney-Mayze. more...
SAINTS chief executive Sean McGuire is urging supporters to turn out in force at Knowsley Road this season to roar on the team that many pundits have down as favourites for top honours in 2006. He was speaking to The Star ahead of Friday's opening home fixture against Castleford Tigers. more...
SINCE Operation Panther first hit the streets last November, police in St Helens have now made 89 drug-related arrests. more...
BARELY a week after the St Helens Star carried the deeply tragic news of the death of Yasmin Carney, a reader called us to say he had seen two youngsters on bikes dodging traffic in the dark at the same spot where the schoolgirl had been killed in a traffic accident as she crossed the East Lancs. more...
A YOUNG woman is warning bar goers to be on their guard after her drink was spiked while she was on a night out in St Helens town centre. more...
THE funeral of the 16-year-old boy who died after he was allegedly stabbed outside an Indian takeaway was expected to draw huge crowds this morning (Thursday, February 16). more...
IT'S been a long time coming... but work kicks off on the £8.5million Blackbrook by-pass next week. more...
CAMPAIGN-hardened mums who have fought a tireless battle to keep their children's school open have pledged to turn around its fortunes if it is saved from the chop. more...
FOUR children have been given £40 fines after it was discovered they had damaged fencing on a building site. more...
TWO men posing as Water Board officials ransacked a pensioner's bedroom after they conned their way into her home. more...
TEARFUL relatives of Adrian Kewharding say they will continue to fight for justice after police left them in the dark about his death. more...
A FAMILY who claim that police failed to notify them their brother had died even though his body had been discovered three-weeks earlier, have been told he took his own life. more...
A LAND developer is still to decide over whether to pursue an interest in building a large housing estate on the Islands Brow Burgy banks, some seven months after their initial planning application was rejected. more...
A PAIR of somersaulting twins recently recruited the help of a Rainhill lawyer before kicking off their new death-defying stage show. more...
TWO people have been arrested in connection with an incident near a busy shopping centre in which a man was apparently dragged alongside a car. more...
ST HELENS Camera Club's Annual Exhibition is again being staged at the World of Glass Museum between Tuesday, February 21 and Saturday, April 15 during museum opening hours (closed on Mondays). more...
YOUNGSTERS from St Helens designed a six-month photo project focusing on learning activities to motivate and inspire themselves. more...
CARMEL College has issued a statement to clarify its position about the possible purchase of West Park Rugby Union Club's Red Rocks ground. more...
MAGISTRATES have jailed a 19-year-old man for 13 months after he breached an ASBO and made threats to a member of the public. more...
SKIPPER Paul Sculthorpe makes his eagerly awaited return to action after a six month lay-off in Saints' first home game of the season. more...
SAINTS full back Paul Wellens praised the army of travelling fans that made last Saturday's atmosphere at the Twickenham Stoop so special. more...
IT was good to finally get our season up and running on Saturday and especially pleasing to get off to a winning start in the capital. more...
7 minutes: Jason Cayless latched onto Keiron Cunningham's short ball to crash over the line. Jamie Lyon added the conversion to give Saints a 6-0 lead. more...
The St Helens Star has teamed up with Tetley's, the Official Beer of St Helens, to offer our readers three pairs of tickets to see Saints' Super League Xl home game against Leeds on 24 February. more...
HAYDOCK were well beaten in this relegation battle and Cuthberts wanted to win it more. With this win the Wiganers have leapfrogged the Yickers by two points. more...
BLACKBROOK are back on the Powergen Challenge Cup trail this week when they cross the Pennines to take on National Conference Division Two promotion contenders Ovenden. more...
INJURY-hit Brook were forced to include three of their talented under-18s side in their line-up but still proved too strong for struggling Farnworth to move into second spot in the Premier Division. more...
HEATH saw victory snatched from their grasp five minutes from time after leading for most of the match. more...
HAYDOCK Park Farm, the two waters on this land are now showing signs of improvement. The Lagoon has produced a number of good roach catches with some nice skimmers and perch into double figures. more...
THE Merseyside Schools Championships held in Arrowe Park, Birkenhead showed the growing co-operation between St Helens MBC and St Helens Sutton AC with an excellent turn out of teams representing the town. more...
Mike Noonan crossed first. Danny Gregory proved to be Bold's matchwinner with two tries and a conversion. In top form for Bold were Kyle Smith, Craig Critchley, Chris Edzes and Tom Carsley. The Concourse Pharmacy man of the match went to Mark Rushton. more...
LSH's recent good run came to an end at the hands of North 2 West title contenders Stockport in an excellent hard fought encounter at Headlands Road. more...
PARK reserved just about their worst performance of the season for their visit to bottom of the table Whitchurch who having recently replaced their coach and recruited in a last effort to avoid the drop shocked Park with two tries both converted and a first minute penalty to lead 17-5 at the interval. more...
Thatto Heath & District 301 Darts League. more...
Division One more...
TOWN were simply not at the races on Saturday when their lowest gate of the season witnessed their poorest home display so far. more...
IN the Star Premiership at the weekend, Haydock outfit Old Congs were brought back to earth with a bang as following their success over Knowsley South last week, they were crushed 1-4 at home by a much improved Clock Face Miners side. The Congs goal came from John Simpson, and Paul Eccleston, Ryan Goodwin (2) and Lee Hollinghurst scored for the Miners. more...
NAPPER Carson was a fellow who richly deserved his nickname. He was a leisurely angler who used to haunt the banks of the old Thatto Heath Lake. more...
DOES anyone recognise the tall fellow, extreme left, on this First World War shot, shown below? If so, and you have some details about him (or any of the other four fellows in the group) then Edna Smith would be delighted to hear. more...
HERE are a couple of yedscratters to have a go at. more...
HISTORY man Chris Coffey is hoping someone can point him the right way with his token-gathering collection. more...
INTERESTED to read my recent account about Nuttalls, the St Helens bottle- making family, reader Pam Brisco pops up with a poser. more...
IT'S amazing how much interest centres on the memory-jerking flashback photos, appearing from time to time on this page. more...
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