St Helens | Archive | 2006 | February
I AM writing in reply to the Annoyed Driver over 'Drivers are not to blame for fare rises' (Dear Star, February 2). more...
ST HELENS MBC planning office has received in the region of 280 letters of objection to the planning application (Ref No. P/2005/1251/MAH) which has been submitted by Greenpark Energy Ltd, to build a Gas fired power plant on land at the former Parkside Colliery site. more...
I AM now living in Australia and arrived back in England on Xmas Day. My sister Doris Beard knowing that I didn't like turkey had two Burchalls pies ready for my Xmas dinner. Best Xmas dinner I ever tasted. more...
I FEEL I must write in response to the letter published last week regarding St Helens Job Centre Plus. 'Benefits system's unresponsive' (Dear Star, February 16). more...
WE are writing in response to David Holmes' letter 'Bypass will destroy wildlife haven' (Dear Star February 16) in which he questioned the environmental improvements which will take place around Stanley Bank as a consequence of building the Blackbrook bypass. more...
GIVEN the recent allegations of the use of torture by British troops in Iraq and of the use by American Forces of illegal weapons such as napalm and phosphorus bombs, isn't it high time we campaigned to end this awful, immoral war? more...
HEARTBROKEN school friends of East Lancs Road victim Yasmin Carney have gathered a 600-name petition calling for increased safety measures on the hazardous dual carriageway. more...
Nippon, which holds a 20 per cent stake in 179-year-old St Helens-based Pilks, has twice had offers rebuffed in the last four months. more...
THIEVES pulled off a heavyweight job when they lifted three hefty rows of block paving that had been used to landscape an area of eyesore land. more...
VANDALS caused an estimated £15,000 worth of damage when a signalling cable at St Helens Central Station was sliced through on Monday afternoon. more...
A MAN escaped serious injury in a drive-by shooting, when a gunman blasted holes in his car. more...
A SPECIAL burial section for children is being considered which would give parents a dedicated space to mourn their little ones. more...
ARMED raiders made off with thousands of pounds after attacking two security guards, loading a cash machine in a busy hospital corridor. more...
THEY came in their hundreds, filling streets around the home where Jason Carney-Mayze had grown up. With heads bowed the mass of mourners slowly followed the youngster's coffin as he left home for the last time. more...
TOWN centre parking policies have come under fire from the St Helens Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). more...
A SHOP has been stripped of an alcohol licence after it was found to be selling booze to youths under the age of 18. more...
SHERDLEY Park Municipal Golf Course is riding high on the current golfing boom and last year club officials stamped approximately 50,000 rounds. more...
POLICE issued nine fixed penalty notices to motorists caught driving illegally along Victoria Square last Saturday. more...
TOWNSFOLK again get the chance to have their say at the next meeting of St Helens Council which takes place at 6.15pm on Wednesday, March 1 in the Town Hall. more...
COUNTLESS comrades in ex-Service ranks are mourning the death of an old soldier who first 'fell in' on the outbreak of World War Two. more...
FOOD is coming to Wilkies.... after the St Helens store gets a facelift. more...
SAINTS skipper Paul Sculthorpe will get for even more game time in Friday night's clash with last year's Super League runners-up Leeds. more...
THERE has been a lot of focus on captain Paul Sculthorpe, who returned to action last Friday after a six-month absence and showed a lot of class and quality in his performance. more...
By Mike Critchley more...
AMATEUR rugby league stalwart Kevin Thompson has been named as head coach of the BARLA Great Britain under-23s squad. more...
BLACKBROOK and Haydock are in GMB National Cup 4th round action this week, both away to National Conference League opposition. more...
Heysham Atoms 8 more...
HAYDOCK did the double over the Widnes side playing some good rugby at times. more...
Silsden 4 St Helens Town 2 more...
THE first half was a close contest with no score for 30 minutes before West Bank scored their first try. more...
BROOK tasted defeat for the first time in 11 cup ties this season as they crashed out of The Powergen Challenge Cup at Halifax. more...
Halton Simms Cross 18 more...
THE eagerly awaited Hospital Cup quarter final game between Top Nogs and Boilermaker was a casualty of the weather at the weekend, so were Rainford North End's tussle with British Lion at Bushey Lane together with Clock Face Reserves encounter with Care Trust at Crawford Street. more...
LSH triumphed in this absorbing North 2 West clash through sheer persistence and determination. more...
Carlsberg-Tetley Haydock Darts & Dominoes League more...
THE queue of players at West Park's treatment room after this bruising clash with Westoe's typical craggy Northumbrian pack was evidence of a tremendous second half defensive display, which secured two vital league points. Especially so as nearest rivals Altrincham Kersal lost at home to Huddersfield. more...
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