St Helens | Archive | 2006 | May
memorabilia, photographs and stories about the life George Formby - the multi-talented actor, jockey, and musician - will feature at a library down the road from where he once performed. more...
HORSE racing fans get the best of both worlds at Haydock Park on Saturday, May 6 with two races over hurdles and five on the Flat, including a challenge between jump and Flat jockeys. more...
BE the first to hear the premiere of a local composer's latest work when it is performed by the St Helens Sinfonietta. more...
Billy Bragg, Carling Academy, Liverpool more...
EASY Street Big Band will be playing the third concert of their residency at St Teresa's Club this Friday. The band are hoping to establish a permanent monthly big band gig in St Helens. more...
ONE of the UK's hottest soul singers - Terri Walker - drops into Liverpool this weekend as part of her British tour. more...
HOLLYWOOD star Tom Cruise returns as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the third instalment of the Mission Impossible movie series. more...
GLOBAL pop princesses Girls Aloud will take centre stage at Aintree Racecourse for the Ladies' Night race meeting on Friday, May 19. more...
A TASTE of Mediterranean-style romance is coming to Newton-le-Willows. From Monday, May 8 the Ariete bar and restaurant in High Street, Newton will be hosting fortnightly singles evenings in Mediterranean-style with Salsa dancing. more...
A LOCAL rock group stormed to victory in a prestigious regional 'Battle of the Bands' competition. more...
THE only thing that hungover New York detective Jack Mosley wants is to go home and have another drink. more...
THE Willy Russell classic Blood Brothers has returned to its hometown this month starring a woman who got the world singing with her. more...
PINK Floyd's appearance at Live 8 last July sparked massive interest in the rock group - and for many people it was the highlight of the concert. more...
I AM writing to express my disgust and disappointment at the state of our newly refurbished Taylor Park. more...
I WOULD like to show support for Alan Jackson and endorse his comments made in the article on pensions 'Pension victims seek extra clout' regarding the Ombudsman's Report on pensions which has been rejected by the Government. more...
THE purpose of reading is comprehension. more...
IT is that time again where we as residents of St Helens are asked to vote in the Local Elections. We have been getting lots of media hype, especially on the television, with talk of a Liberal Democrat gain. more...
I AM writing about a concern of the residents of Station Road, Haydock. more...
AS a man of 66 I was delighted to read in the Star about the opening of the Transport Museum this coming summer. more...
GOOD to hear that the Stadium isn't dependent on a casino - studies in the US show that the social costs of such casinos far outweigh the economic benefits. more...
A LOCAL rock group stormed to victory in a prestigious regional 'Battle of the Bands' competition. more...
THE Willy Russell classic Blood Brothers has returned to its hometown this month starring a woman who got the world singing with her. more...
PINK Floyd's appearance at Live 8 last July sparked massive interest in the rock group - and for many people it was the highlight of the concert. more...
A BROKEN-HEARTED mum, who held three funerals for her baby daughter, a victim of the Alder Hey organs scandal, has suffered another cruel blow after gutless thieves stole the stone angel from her little girl's grave. more...
IT was exactly how Barrie Maleedy had wanted it. From the elegant glass horse-drawn carriage that held his white coffin, to the heartfelt songs that caused so many in the congregation of mourners to let a tear roll down their cheeks - it was what the 17-year-old had asked for a fortnight before cancer finally claimed his life. more...
FORMER Manchester United and St Helens Town footballer Tommy O'Neill has died aged just 53 after a battle with cancer. more...
A MAN who fraudulently claimed £1220 in Housing Benefit has been hit with a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 costs and the full overpayment. Gary McMahon, 31, of Birstall Avenue, Islands Brow, was found guilty by Magistrates of giving false information while receiving Housing Benefit. more...
A KIND and generous person, who always a big smile on his face is how David Prosser's family will always remember him almost a month after he was killed while visiting friends in Colchester. more...
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy arrested in connection with damaging car wing mirrors and a 14-year-old caught torching a fence were among those held by police during a blitz on yobs. more...
CLAIMS that the official opening of the town's refurbished Transport Museum could be delayed until next year have been rejected by St Helens Council.. more...
A TIRELESS charity champion, who has raised thousands of pounds for charity is insisting that she will not give into the bullies who blasted her home with paintball pellets. more...
THE British Red Cross will be holding an art exhibition to raise cash for Red Cross Week from May 8 to 13, at the District Office, 31 Earle Street (opposite Tesco). more...
AMBITIOUS plans to create a community health centre in the heart of a major regeneration area have got the green light. more...
DRIVERS failing to stop when a lollipop patrol steps out into the road could soon be stung by a £1,000 fine. more...
A LEADING local car dealership is calling on customers to come and test drive some of their latest motors - and be in with a chance of winning a trip to Iceland! more...
LOG on tonight from midnight and we'll bring you the local elections results live. more...
YOUNG Saints prop James Graham has been tipped for a Great Britain Test call-up after a string of consistently impressive performances this year. more...
By Mike Critchley more...
AFTER going close in the previous two seasons West Park at last reached National League status by virtue of this pulsating struggle with Midlands One runners up Bedford Athletic who had been relegated from National 3 last season and were grimly determined to get back up. more...
Pilks won the cup with tries from Carl Forster 3, Chris Lee, Steven Ellison, Jordan Kilbride more...
Fixtures more...
BILLINGE U11s are looking for players to join them for next season when they are playing at u12 level in the Wigan League on a Sunday morning. more...
ONE of St Helens promising junior cyclists was taking part in the Isle of Man Youth and Junior Tour over the bank holiday weekend and helped his team to the team prize, finished third in the points competition and sixth overall. more...
THE London Marathon saw another outstanding performance from Gill Laithwaite of St Helens Sutton A.C. more...
Burtonwood Bath 29/05 more...
Bacup Borough 0 St Helens Town 2 more...
Farsley Celtic 1 more...
Darts: A 7-2 win over Chapel saw Oddfellows crowned champions of darts more...
Results, Under 12 Spring Cup First Round: Widnes Wolves 1 Whiston Juniors 2, Westgarth U 2 Rainhill United (B) 1. more...
THE highlight of the Bank Holiday weekend's Combination programme was the final of the Nulty Moffitt Hospital Cup which took place Monday morning with a 11.15am kick off. more...
THE clatter of soccer studs on the concrete approach to the pitch is still the most captivating sound in Fred Eyre's life. It's retained indelibly in his mind. more...
THE old Red Rat Inn was the only public house in Britain with that obscure title. more...
HAPPY memories for former Moss Banker Gordon Mathews when he spotted my recent piece about that district. more...
OUR ancient church puzzle is solved. And reader Joan Dean from Poplar Grove, Haydock, reaches back a century for the answer. more...
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