St Helens | Archive | 2006 | May
Cup Final Day Results Sunday May 14 more...
RUBBERNECK @ The Citadel returns this Friday (May 19) more...
VIBRANT toe-tapping English roots reggae tunes will be filling the air on Saturday May 20 when T & LaTouche drop in on the Citadel. more...
The Da Vinci Code (12A) more...
I WRITE in response to the two letters which appear in your Dear Star column May 4 regarding the proposed development of a rail freight centre on the old Parkside Colliery site. more...
NOW the local elections are over, we can get back to business. more...
I AM writing to express my deep concern about the environmental impact of the proposed development at the former Ravenhead site '320 new jobs at old glass site' (Star April 20). more...
I WISH to reply to the letter titled 'So Selfish (Dear Star April 27) about the complete ignorance of folk who misuse the parent and child parking bays.I have just come back from Morrisons in Boundary Road and the majority of people getting in and out of cars in these bays were the elderly. Maybe it's about time these supermarkets and other large stores bring some parking bays for the elderly into place. Then perhaps myself and other parents with children can take up their spaces and see how they like it. Or maybe have all car park spaces equally large for everyone. Then surely everyone's happy? more...
REGARDING the letter from Annoyed Mum 'Can they afford to turn away trade?' (Dear Star May 4), when she says she was turned away from a local pub because they don't serve children. My advice, find another pub. more...
I AM writing to tell you of my delight, after visiting the World of Glass yesterday. more...
I AGREE with Mr Naylor 'Please keep our flag flying' (Dear Star) I am sick of the way we pander to all those do gooders. more...
DURING the past few years I have watched a few programmes on the subject of voluntary euthanasia and have come to realise that many people have now come to the conclusion that this subject is one that will soon have to be addressed by the authorities. In a survey figures pointed to the fact that many people (71 per cent) now agree with this form of release from suffering due to incurable illness. more...
ABOUT 12 months ago 3,000 Saints fans (and that comedian Vegas) stayed outside Saints ground on the training pitch for a couple of hours in protest at the sacking/resignation of Millward. It did not take long for Millward to accept the job at Wigan, where he faced the axe - again (12 months later). more...
IN response to Rapidly Losing Patience 'So tell us what annoys you' (Dear Star April 27) well I will tell you what REALLY annoys me. more...
ON Monday after work I visited St Helens Cemetery with my mum to go to the Chapel of Remembrance to view the Remembrance Book, as it was the anniversary of my Grandmother's death. more...
HAVING read Mr Jennion's letter 'Why are they opposing Parkside plan?' (Dear Star May 4) I feel I must comment. Does Mr Jennions live in Newton-le-Willows? Would he like a huge rail terminal with road and rail freight 24 hours a day passing anywhere near his home? Will his area be affected by the associated congestion and noise pollution? I would think not. more...
LABOUR'S 70-year stranglehold on St Helens Council has been after Liberal Democrat and Conservative party leaders struck an agreement to take control of the local authority. more...
A CHAMPION basketball team is making a desperate appeal to Star readers to help trace 11 sports wheelchairs stolen during the early hours of Sunday morning. more...
A GUNMAN got away with almost £2,000 after threatening a security guard outside a convenience store. more...
A SECURITY guard was attacked by three men wielding an iron bar as he patrolled the grounds of Ramage Distribution Ltd on Kilbuck Lane in Haydock in the early hours of last Tuesday. The attack left him bleeding heavily and he was taken to Wigan Hospital. more...
POLICE have secured a court order to board up a property that they say had become a heroin drugs den. more...
GLAMOUR model Louise Glover has been spared jail, despite failing to comply with a court order imposed after she swindled almost £15,000 in benefits. more...
A 25-YEAR-old woman suffered serious head injuries following an assault on Peckershill Road, Sutton. more...
POLICE issued fifteen £30 fines to motorists parked illegally on Station Road and Strange Road in Garswood. more...
A 19-YEAR-old man was left with minor head injuries following an alleged assault on Borron Road, Newton-le-Willows at around 8.50pm on Saturday. more...
YOBS have been spotted launching water bombs at cars driving along Laffak Road and Chain Lane, Laffak. more...
THREE hundred speeding motorists have been fined by police during the past three months as part of a major crackdown on illegal driving. more...
A POLICE pursuit of a car from St Helens town centre to the M6 motorway has resulted in two girls being arrested and a teenage boy charged with a string of motoring offences. more...
TERRIFIED pensioners claim they are having to barricade themselves in their homes while boozed-up louts wreak havoc on their estate. more...
WITH bouncy castles, clowns and face painting, there will be plenty to keep the kids occupied at this year's Willowbrook Bank Holiday Carnival. more...
BREAKFAST is the best possible way to start the day and ASDA at St Helens are getting all kids to wake up to their breakfast challenge on May 24. more...
A FIVE-YEAR sponsorship deal has been signed for two of Haydock Park Racecourse's most famous races. more...
HEARING of plans to erect a set of two and a half storey homes opposite his side-street semi, Frank Waine has waded into the development application. more...
FIRE chiefs have warned townsfolk to keep an eye on their wheelie bins after louts set one on fire on Piele Road, Haydock, causing damage to the outside of a house. more...
NORTHERN Ballet Theatre has brought its critically acclaimed production of Madame Butterfly to the Opera House, Manchester and it runs until Saturday 20 May 2006. more...
SAINTS will be aiming to make it through to the Powergen Challenge Cup quarter finals for the sixth successive season on Saturday (2.45pm) - but they face a formidable hurdle in reigning champions Bradford. more...
TEAM morale is high going into Saturday's Challenge Cup game against Bradford after a very good win at the weekend and we will prepare properly for this knock-out game. more...
A BLISTERING three try spell in the nine crucial minutes before the break helped return Saints to winning ways against a spirited Wolves side - but they needed also their defensive resolve to hold on to it. more...
RAINHILL Town AFC, who were promoted this year to the Warrington and District Football League Premier Division, have done the double. more...
Burtonwood Portland 14/5/06 more...
Sunday Presentation Day May 21 at Sidac 12.15pm. more...
RAINHILL travelled to Worsley on Saturday (Manchester) for their first away game of the new season. Paul Ford once again won the toss and decided to bat. more...
SATURDAY saw the local derby between St Helens and Wigan in a match sponsored by Elite Homes. more...
RAINFORD came very close, yet again, to securing another victory in the Merseyside and Southport Alliance but were thwarted by Parkfield's last wicket pair. The Wallasey side held on at 130-9 after Rainford had declared on a commanding 204-7. more...
ST HELENS Recs 1st XI played hosts to local rivals Newton on Saturday hoping to keep their 100 per cent record intact on a damp day. more...
A outlining the exploits of one of Saints' greats - Vince Karalius - goes on sale this weekend. Vince Karalius: A Rugby League Legend relates how young Vince signed for the great St Helens club in 1952 and quickly carved out a reputation as one of the toughest and most skilful forwards in the game, winning many trophies, including the Challenge Cup in 1956 and 1961 (as captain). Selected for the 1958 tour down-under, he established himself as the scourge of the Australians and earned the nickname from the Aussie press: 'the Wild Bull of the Pampas'. more...
Week 2 of the Summer League 2006, sponsored by A180.co.uk saw a change in fortune for the Winter Season Champions after getting off to a good start last week, they lost out by the narrowest of margins in a hard fought match at Burtonwood. more...
SEVENTEEN anglers took part in the round six Spring League and all caught plenty of fish on the Lower Pound section of the Sankey Canal all four top placing into double figures. more...
IT was the turn of St Helens veteran cyclist Kevin Humphries to take the top honours this weekend when he led his club mates to the team prize in the Mid Shropshire Wheelers 50 mile time trial on a dry and slightly breezy Sunday morning on the rolling roads between Prees and Telford in Shropshire. more...
ST HELENS Sutton A.C. made the best possible start in this year's Northern Track League, Division 3 by winning the opening match at Victoria Park track, Warrington, with a splendid team effort in which everyone played their part. more...
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