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Stories for 31 March 2006

St Helens Juniorsport

Barrow Island 16 Pilks Recs u18s 25

Pilks clinched the NW Counties Premier Division title in style. Tries were scored by skipper Jamie Smith (3), Will Abbott and Danny Davies.  more...

St Helens News

'This is Parr... not New York'

INCREASING levels of violence in a community are causing elderly folk to fear setting foot outside their homes, claims a campaigning councillor.  more...

Bowls pavilion hit by firebugs

A SUSPECTED arson attack left Bethel Mission Bowling Club's, pavilion, in Marsden Avenue off Rivington Road, damaged at approximately 9.40am on Sunday, March 26.  more...

Battle to preserve 'Giraffe Church'

PLANS to demolish a 19th century church considered rare because of its architectural ingenuity will be contested by a charity campaigning for the preservation of Victorian buildings.  more...

Life for sadist who choked baby

A SADISTIC father who choked his seven-week-old son to death by stuffing a baby wipe down his windpipe has been given a life sentence.  more...

Joe chucked £180,000 Lotto ticket in the bin

A LUCKY Lotto syndicate who scooped nearly £180,000 when matching five numbers and the bonus ball reckon a mystery fortune teller had predicted their big win!  more...

'Our strike is a last resort'

MANY public services in St Helens were brought to a standstill on Tuesday when thousands of workers, angry about proposed changes to their unprotected local government pensions, joined a nationwide 24-hour strike.  more...

St Helens Saints

Saints are leaving nothing to chance

SAINTS coach Daniel Anderson is taking no chances ahead of Friday night's opening Powergen Challenge Cup tussle with Doncaster.  more...

Daniel Anderson's column

FRIDAY night's display at Hull was a wonderful team performance and after viewing the video it is very difficult to find any flaws in our game.   more...

Hull 0 Saints 46

By Mike Critchley  more...

St Helens Sport

Title for Tabern

LOCAL arrows ace Alan Tabern won his maiden PDC title with a 2-0 defeat of Steve Maish in the Budweiser UK Open North-West Regional Final.  more...

Blackbrook 30 Orrell St James 0

BROOK rattled up 26 points without reply in the first half-hour to put the result beyond doubt and maintain their challenge for the NWCL Premier Division title.  more...

Rochdale Mayfield A 40 Eccleston Lions 18

AN under-strength Lions team put up a spirited performance against a big Mayfield side.  more...

Bold Miners 14 Pilkingtons Recs 14

HONOURS ended up even in this hard-fought local derby but Bold will take more comfort from the result than Recs whose hopes of claiming their first top division title in 27 years now look remote.  more...

Clock Face 30 Haydock A 0

WITH the NWC Division Three title already sewn up Clock maintained their unbeaten home league record with this win over their neighbours.  more...

Haydock 40 Halton Farnworth 0

HAYDOCK eventually recorded a comfortable success in this 'must win' game but they made hard work of it in a hard-fought first half.  more...

St Helens Whalleysworld

Flashback to brewery heyday

HERE we go again, back to a time when St Helens had one of the most prosperous breweries in the country. Right, in happy mood, are pictured some of the lads who manned lorries of Greenall Whitley, whose strong, aromatic beery waft used to filter delightfully around the town centre.  more...

Mystery man is identified

THE mystery over the splendidly named William Blinkhorn seems to be solved.  more...

Milk checks on bally-ann day

MY recent query about old-time tokens - always referred to as 'checks' - drew a reply and a gust of laughter from America.  more...

  
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