St Helens | Archive | 2006 | May
Tries: Luke Leyden 6, Nathan Briers 2, Jack Litherland 2, Scott Jones, Callum Topping and Brad Tatlock. more...
IN response to 'rapidly losing patience of Rainford' who wrote 'So tell us what annoys you' (Dear Star). more...
MANY readers, including my wife and I, will have been both moved and inspired by the tragic but courageous story of young Barrie John Maleedy. more...
I WOULD just like to express my gratitude to the person or persons responsible for breaking into a pensioners shed in Reginald Road on Bank Holiday Monday night/Tuesday morning and stealing a nearly new petrol strimmer. more...
THE letter by Pamela Day 'What is MPs' view on their pension? (Dear Star April 27) should be printed in block capitals on the front page. For too long our parliamentary representatives have feathered their own nests at our expense. This applies to all parties. They have doubled their pensions within the last few years and now that their scheme has a shortfall expect us taxpayers to pick up the tab. If they had not doubled their pensions there would be no shortfall. more...
WITH reference to the article 'The chips are down with bid for new casino' (Star March 24) that states 'betting, bingo and slot machines are currently available in the borough'. more...
DEAR Arriva, riding on your 35a bus last week, the one that travels from St Helens Junction, I was much reminded of the TV western, where poor folk from the east made a perilous journey south to sunny California, their wagons rocking and bumping over a dangerous rocky wild terrain. more...
WE constantly hear and read about police initiatives to curb the activities of 'off road' motorcyclists in residential areas. more...
THE Baha'i Group of St Helens, of which are some members are of Iranian background, has reacted with alarm to the recent news regarding its fellow believers in Iran. more...
SOME weeks ago through the Star letter column I attacked the very idea of the Blackbrook By-pass being anything other than an expensive waste of time and as a finale asked MP Dave Watts, council leader Marie Rimmer and the three Blackbrook councillors to be kind enough to clear up a few queries Haydock people may wish to know about. more...
COULD I through your column say how grateful I am to all the staff at Whiston Hospital. more...
UFO sighting July 22 1963 more...
THE mind-bender from Joan Pickett, asking why the kids of Sutton National School were sent home early to watch an important televised event around 1958-59, had readers reaching for their pens. more...
WELL what would you swap for a pair of front row seats to see the return of top boyband Take That? Helen Baxter wanted to get her hands on those tickets so badly, she proved 'It Only Takes a Minute' to give away her new car! more...
POLICE made six more drug-related arrests as part of Operation Panther last week. more...
POLITICAL leaders in St Helens appear set to hold key talks next Monday after local election results left the balance of power for the council on a knife-edge. more...
Billinge and Seneley Green - David Davies (Con) 970, Charles Gadsden (LibDem) 672, Susan Murphy (Lab) 1504 Turn out: 34.7% more...
ST HELENS council leader Marie Rimmer launched a withering broadside against her opposition after successfully regaining her seat in the local elections. more...
ST HELENS MP Shaun Woodward has pledged to put to good use the experiences he gained during his time in broadcasting to help him tackle his new challenge as Creative Industries and Tourism Minister. more...
POLICE and St Helens Council are making a joint appeal to trace a 12-year-old boy who has been missing since last month. more...
FOLLOWING a long-running dispute with the council, prominently covered by the St Helens Star, the family of a tot killed in a traffic accident four years ago will finally be allowed to add toys and keepsakes to his grave. more...
ONE boy was caught letting off a stink bomb on a bus and three others fined for throwing 'missiles' at the same vehicle when police ran a three-day undercover operation. more...
PAPER craft fans should get down to Haydock Park this weekend for a fair dedicated to all things creative. more...
A TEAM of jam-busting traffic officers hit local motorways this month aiming to improve driver safety and help motorists beat congestion. more...
SAINTS' heavyweight packman Paul Anderson will hang up his boots at the end of this season. more...
SATURDAY'S defeat and performance at Huddersfield was very disappointing from a Saints perspective. more...
SAINTS' unbeaten start to the season came crashing to a surprising halt at the Galpharm Stadium which continues to be a bogey ground for them - and defeat was exactly what they deserved. more...
National Conference Division 1 more...
St Helens U11s victory against Liverpool in the Vernons League ensured they won the League and were crowned Champions. The League has been dominated by the Larger areas of Liverpool and Wirral for many years and this is the first team from St. Helens to have ever won the League. more...
RAINFORD and Skelmersdale produced a thrilling and exciting drawn encounter with the result in doubt right up to the very last ball. more...
St Helens indifferent start to the season continued on Saturday away to Southport & Birkdale. more...
St Helens Recs travelled across the border to league newcomers Prestatyn hoping to keep their unbeaten record going. The home side won the toss an elected to bat first. more...
BLACKBROOK second team rounded off a successful season by lifting the North West Counties Bowl Cup with this hard-earned success. more...
HARESFINCH ARLFC are seeking to recruit players for all age groups. more...
ALTHOUGH a small number of league games remained last week, the Combination's centre of attention were the two finals of the Divisional Tom Worrall and D H Griffiths Cups which took place on Friday evening May 5 and Saturday May 6, kick off 2.30pm. more...
TWO members of St Helens Sutton A.C. took part in the British Universities track championships, multi-event specialist Ben Fisher showed good early-season form throwing the javelin 54.44 metres, clearing 1.75 m in the high jump, and running 57 secs as part of the 4x400 m. relay team. more...
IT'S not often that a naturally talented bike rider comes along, but St Helens Cycle Racing Club has definitely got one in James McNally. The 17 year old cyclist from Eccleston sprinted clear from a six strong break on the uphill finishing climb of Cobbs Brow close to Ashurst Beacon on a fine Sunday morning to win the promoting clubs Ron O' Brien memorial road race by over two bike lengths. more...
(EFE Lancashire Plate Under 15's final) Having resolutely withstood 20 minutes of pressure from a determined Widnes side, West Park took the lead with a well worked but unconverted try by Daniel Helsby. more...
MEMBERS of the St Helens Karate club enjoyed success at the 21st North Wales Kyu Grades karate Competition. more...
Knowsley South Wincanton 6/5/06 more...
THIS Lancashire Plate Cup Final finally saw Ruskin win a cup final at the fifth time of asking in their history, and showed what a forward development the team has taken under the guidance of coach Martin Emmett. more...
WHY is Billy Foulkes, one-time heroic defender with Manchester United, seldom mentioned when giants from the sporting past are chatted about? more...
HEAR the one about the runaway dog and the homemade kennel? more...
THE intriguing old Lancashire phrase of Bally-Ann Day has drawn response from a sizeable cluster of readers dotted around the district and from some living abroad. They responded to the recent yedscratter asking what the term meant. more...
THE amazing story of heroic Sgt. Major Bert Farnen has come to light following the offer by former Saints star Peter Harvey to return the 'lost' medal of Bert, who was a wartime light-heavyweight champ. more...
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