St Helens | Archive | 2006 | March
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BUMBLING French detective Jacques Clouseau makes a welcome return to the big screen in this remake of the classic 60s spoof - The Pink Panther. more...
WHEN you've just released your first single what better way to celebrate than to throw a huge party. more...
BLUES lovers should get down to The Citadel this weekend to see a performance by two top acts. more...
FORMER Emmerdale star Amy Nuttall will be practising her elocution as cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady, which comes to Liverpool next week. more...
BUDDING music stars can learn the tricks of the trade at a pop school launched by a former boy band member. more...
FREEZING temperatures failed to deter hardy Clubland regulars from turning out for some top-class live entertainment last weekend. more...
CLIMB aboard the HMS Pinafore with St Helens Gilbert and Sullivan Society as they set sail in this famous production next week. more...
LOCAL musicians are taking part in a special concert to help raise money for St Helens Sinfonietta. more...
MARTIAL arts fans are in for a treat this weekend with a number of top bouts in one evening that have been organised by a local group. more...
TOP TV psychic medium Simon Peters will be performing a show at the Hilton Hotel, St Helens tomorrow night (Friday, March 10) more...
I WRITE expressing my support for the proposed legislation banning smoking in summer 2007. I believe that the initiative will eventually lead to a healthier society with fewer NHS resources needed in the treatment of ailments associated with smoking. I do however understand the grievance of smokers over a restriction to light up, but I do feel that a smoking ban was inevitable at some point in the near future. more...
I WOULD like to genuinely thank Royal Mail this week for their compassion. They delivered hundreds of cards to my mum's house and one had a sticker saying £1.21 to pay. more...
I WONDER if the people of St Helens, Rainhill and Prescot are aware that Planning Permission is being sought from Cheshire County Council to build the largest incinerator in Britain by the privately owned Peel Holdings. more...
WELL here I am in Benidorm reading about the debate on pork pies which I started way back in November when I e-mailed Norman Thomas (Radio Merseyside) to say I had brought 16 pork pies from Burchalls. I also bring them from Pearsons in New Ferry which are also what my hubby calls, slurpers. more...
THE events of the last few days have finally convinced me that I am now living not in Great Britain, but in the economic equivalent of a lunatic asylum. more...
MY wife gave me the lovely present of a second daughter recently, so I want to help her as much as possible. She asked me to nip to the chemist to get her something, as she was still a bit uncomfortable. I went to a local chemist because they are a big shop and would definitely have the product I require. more...
I AM writing to inform you of yet another insult to the staff at St Helens and Knowsley NHS. They have just been informed of an introduction of staff car parking charges of £10 per month. more...
OVER the last year I have had the privilege to watch a truly unbelievable project, just approximately 2,000m from the St Helens Borough in Great Sankey, which has been run for young people by young people. more...
EXCUSE me! did someone mention Parking validating? 'Call for cheaper centre parking' (Dear Star February 23). more...
AS a very lucky winners in the St Helens Star's 'Saints Executive Matchday Experience' competition sponsored by D P Furniture Express who are situated on St Helens Retail Park I would like to express my sincere thanks to Jason Abbott from the sponsoring company for a magnificent evening to remember. more...
I WAS sad to hear of the death of Yasmin Carney on the East Lancs Road. more...
JUST thought I'd write in to say I fail to understand the youth of today when I hear how a pensioner has been beaten up either for just a few pounds or for, even worse, just for a bit of a laugh 'Thugs on the prowl after dark' (Star February 9). more...
ME and my husband are shocked and disgusted at the decision to close Windlehurst School. We have recently moved to Windle with the view of our first child attending that school. The Council are pouring lots of money into the 'regeneration of Windle' only to remove its only primary school. more...
THE death of a 37-year-old man whose body was discovered in an alleyway in Haydock early yesterday morning is no longer being treated as suspicious. more...
HAYDOCK Cricket Club's groundsman Paul Tatton has been bowled over after learning he has been nominated for a prestigious national award. more...
COUNCIL bosses are expected to call a public meeting in response to the growing clamour for safety improvements on the East Lancs following the tragic death of schoolgirl Yasmin Carney. more...
ST HELENS DJ turned rapper Daz Sampson is Athens-bound this May flying the flag for the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. more...
FIVE weeks after his popular schoolgirl niece died after a traffic accident on the East Lancs, Chris Marr is demanding action to make the road safer and stop another family going through the torment of losing a loved one. more...
PLANS are in the pipeline to build a hotel, pub, and restaurant nearby the town's major retail park. more...
WHAT should have been an enjoyable family day out sledging in the snow, turned to tears after a young mum lost her digital camera, which holds dozens of precious pictures of her baby's first weeks of life. more...
"IT will be a decision that will impact on this community for many years," said 79-year-old George Twist, after hearing that a much loved community school is to close. more...
EIGHTEEN staff members at one Kwik Save store in St Helens have been told they face redundancy, following a massive overhaul of the business. more...
POLICE are urging motorists to show more consideration for others when parking their cars in Rainford. more...
A HEART patient is alleging that his bed was switched into an area contaminated by someone suffering from the 'superbug' MRSA, after he underwent major surgery at Whiston Hospital. more...
ST HELENS Council have just announced a 2.5 per cent increase in Council Tax and claim that the rise, among the lowest in the country, will enable them to plough more money into services for the community. more...
A HAYDOCK company is smiling after seeing its business go down the pan. more...
SAINTS have been given a pat on the back for promoting healthy living after designating their Knowsley Road home a smoke free zone. more...
IMAGINE spending your working day bouncing around on a bungee line. more...
UNBEATEN Saints will give a Friday fitness test to stand-off Leon Pryce ahead of Sunday's trip to Huddersfield. more...
The St Helens Star has teamed up with Tetley's, the Official Beer of St Helens, to offer our readers fantastic competition prizes throughout the Super League XI season. more...
FRIDAY night's win over Warrington was another gritty performance - and it had to be too. You have to play to both the conditions and the opposition. It was not an evening for flamboyant football, the conditions ensured that it was an arm wrestle and a tough game. more...
Cunningham leads from front as Saints see off hungry Wolves more...
MEMBERS of the Newton-based North West Karate Academy had a great tournament in the BSK Preston Open. more...
DESPITE the heavy snow which denied Errol Weston and Gene Robinson a farewell game last weekend the likeable and impressive pair were seen off in style by their LSH team-mates later that evening. more...
THE Combination's first fixtures of March were a complete 'white' out at the weekend. Not a single game got off the ground in what would have been a very interesting programme of Division Cups and League fixtures. more...
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THE Combination's first fixtures of March were a complete 'white' out at the weekend. Not a single game got off the ground in what would have been a very interesting programme of Division Cups and League fixtures. more...
DESPITE the heavy snow which denied Errol Weston and Gene Robinson a farewell game last weekend the likeable and impressive pair were seen off in style by their LSH team-mates later that evening. more...
HAYDOCK Cricket Club's groundsman Paul Tatton has been bowled over after learning he has been nominated for a prestigious national award. more...
RAPID response to my recent picture, featuring five First World War soldiers from the St Helens area. The rare shot had been forwarded by Edna Smith, from Leigh, who identified her great-uncle, Joseph Critchlow, of the Royal Engineers. more...
IT seemed to draw a blank when former St Helens lad Frank Gomme tried to locate Tom Derbyshire in Canada. more...
OUR tokens sleuths have quickly moved into action, following a plea from Sutton history man Chris Coffey. more...
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THREE deep-voiced veterans from the old-time boys' pen have chipped in with the one-time Saints' winning Wembley song. more...
THERE'S an ancient inscription, on a sandstone bridge that Ian Campbell believes should be removed and put on more public display. more...
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