St Helens | Archive | 2006 | June
CONSCIENTIOUS Animal Care student, David Cook has become a media star at St Helens College following a TV appearance on the New Paul O'Grady Show. more...
A TALENTED school pupil has been chosen to sing the national anthem at next Tuesday's Test match at Knowsley Road between Great Britain and New Zealand. more...
YOUR St Helens Star has teamed with Saints to give away a special souvenir of next week's international clash at Knowsley Road. more...
TAKE a pinch of The Libertines, throw in a few punk-reggae strains of The Clash then add some picky lead guitar and you get a rough impression of the energetically raucous sounds of The Aclyrics. more...
THERE was plenty of cheer in Clubland last weekend as a stunning array of singers and entertainers performed live at many of our top nightspots. more...
IT'S take your partners time at Burtonwood Community Centre. more...
THE 'Write Now Evening' staged at The Citadel attracted a host of wordsmiths for an entertaining evening of original writing and song. more...
Art Garfunkel, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester more...
OPERATIC superstar Cecilia Bartoli almost needed a police escort to get her off stage at the Bridgewater Hall after her sensational performance at the Manchester venue. more...
I WOULD just like to update your readers about the 'Back-to-Front' bus stop on Marshalls Cross Road, opposite St Helens Hospital. Merseytravel have written to all people who complained advising that there is now more space provided for passengers to board and alight which assists with access, safety and comfort. more...
I AM writing to ask if any of your readers know why the pedestrian footpath on Chapel Lane has disappeared? I walk this way pushing my son in a pram and have encountered vehicles parked on the pavement on several occasions but have no option to cross over as there is no footpath. more...
IN reply to Mr Angry of Sutton 'Going down' (Dear Star June 8) regarding the possibility of Wigan RL being relegated next season and his reference to the Wigan Walk. I don't know how old he is but he must have a short memory regarding the Wigan Walk, he seems to forget the St Helens Shuffle. more...
MY daughter is just 16 and is like many young teenagers at the moment going through the turmoil of the GCSE's. However, she has got off her bottom and sent out letters to different businesses in St Helens town centre hoping that she may find a Saturday job or something that she can fit around her college times. She even enclosed stamped addressed envelopes. more...
Dear Mr Woodward, I have read in the St Helens newspapers the report that you have become the Government 'Under Secretary of State for Creative Industries and Tourism'. more...
I AM just looking for a pen pal or an e-mail buddy. It might be hot here but it is very lonely and I need to speak to someone. So could you help a lonely soldier and get me a pen pal or an e-mail corresponder. more...
PEOPLE may or not be aware, but June 27 had been designated National Veterans Day. The Government have decided that a day should be set aside every year, to bring to the attention of the public at large, that many people in the community have at sometime or other served in the armed forces or the Merchant Navy. more...
I FEEL we should thank AMM for an entertaining letter 'Lib Dems your time starts now' (Dear Star, June 8) but isn't he/she just as guilty as Councillor Beirne of taking 'political rhetoric' too seriously? more...
I HAVE to say that ID cards do not work. I am 18 and I was not allowed into a pub because they said they couldn't accept that type of ID. They said there was a lot of fakes going around, even though mine had the council badge on and a real hologram. more...
IN response to Mr Dave Watts letter 'Give Parkside a chance' (Dear Star June 8) I agree that transferring freight from road to rail is a great idea for the environment and reducing congestion on roads. However, regarding Parkside, I am sure that Mr Watts is fully aware of the logistical difficulties regarding existing traffic congestion and access from the West Coast Mainline to the Green Belt Parkside site. There are also a number of more appropriate freight terminal sites across the North West with Ditton, Trafford Park and Port Salford to name just three. more...
FEARS have been raised that a major upheaval of the town's bus network could lead to widespread cuts in services and route changes. more...
THE £1.8 billion takeover of St Helens-founded glass giants Pilkington by Japanese firm NSG has been completed. more...
NEIGHBOURS aiming to turn around the troubled estate where 83-year-old Ada McCabe was murdered hope the transformation of her home into a community base will act as a lasting legacy to the kind-hearted pensioner. more...
THE PAEDOPHILE monster who sexually abused six little girls in a period spanning almost 30 years "destroyed the lives of victims and their families". more...
A YOUNG mum has accused a bus company of discrimination after a driver made her fold up a buggy before getting aboard with her two babies. more...
SAINSBURYS have defended their policy of employing overseas workers, despite concerns raised by an employee at a distribution centre. more...
LITTLE Nathan Mark lived for his sport. Whether it was football, rugby or running, he competed in or followed the games he treasured with boundless enthusiasm and a cheeky smile. more...
POLICE stopped more than 150 drivers in St Helens last Thursday (June 15) on a 'spotlight day' to kick-start this summer's drink driving campaign. More than 30 fines were handed out for speeding and other offences and, of 61 drivers who were breathalysed, one man was arrested after providing a positive sample. more...
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for committing burglary at Triplex social club and a St Helens town centre pub. more...
THE trial of a man accused of stabbing 16-year-old Jason Mayze to death has been put back to Monday, August 7. more...
THIS is the horrifying martial arts-style weapon that police seized from a young Liverpool man after he had been spotted on town centre CCTV trying to conceal it in his trousers. more...
ONE councillor has been suspended and another censured for failing to declare their personal interests over the proposed development of a massive freight terminal. more...
A TOWN centre landmark eight-storey office block is due for a re-vamp after it was bought by a property company. more...
AN inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of a couple whose light aircraft plunged into Liverpool Bay in mysterious circumstances. more...
THE manager of Café Chloe has confirmed that their dress code will be strictly adhered to at all times. more...
A MAN who swindled more than £18,000 in benefits, offered to pay back £10,000 as magistrates retired to consider his sentence. more...
TWO feisty teenage Saints fans have hit back at moans from the Knowsley Road faithful that girls are not interested in watching the rugby. more...
COUNCIL chiefs have denied claims that the rapid removal of an exhibition to inform townsfolk about the proposed Parkside freight terminal was politically motivated. more...
OUR watchdogs are warning local residents about electronic junk mail that is asking people to confirm their bank details online. more...
WITH the World Cup in full swing a poster campaign has been launched by police as part of their bid to keep a lid on violence in the borough during the World Cup. more...
THE Veterans Agency has contacted the Star to clarify which ex-servicemen are eligible to collect the Veterans Lapel Badge. more...
DON'T miss some exhilarating new work on show in the St Helens Open Art Competition Exhibition 2006, open to the public until 8 July. more...
DUE to an increase in kennelling fees, St Helens Council's Dog Warden Service have increased fees payable when an owner comes forward to reclaim their pet. The new fee is £55 from July 1. more...
ST LUKE'S Church, Eccleston will stage a 75th Anniversary Garden Party on Saturday, June 24 from 2 to 4.30pm at Bethany Medical Centre, Knowsley Road. All are invited to enjoy face painting, refreshments, puppets, stalls, crafts, fellowship and more. more...
ON a daily basis I get stopped in the town centre by members of the public asking: When is the town centre work going to be finished? more...
FOR the second week running we have given up a 10-point lead and lost - and it goes without saying that none of us are happy with that. We don't like losing matches as a club or as a dressing room and personally I am a poor loser. more...
SAINTS' once iron grip at the top of the Super League table is looking a little more tenuous after they gave away a ten-point lead for the second week running. more...
JASON Hooper's transformation in fortunes was confirmed at the weekend when he penned a new deal to keep him at the Knowsley Road for a further two years. more...
SAINTS effectively face three games in the next eight days - starting with a tricky home tie with Salford on Saturday night. more...
STEWART Dwyer finally found his testing legs this week with two excellent results in local time trials. more...
THE St Helens Star has teamed up with the official snack bar of Great Britain Rugby League, Nestlé Lion Bar, to offer 11 lucky winners a pair of tickets to see Great Britain take on New Zealand at St Helens in an international full test encounter. more...
St Helens Friday (501) Darts League Last week the only fixture to take place in the St Helens Friday Darts League, sponsored by A180 Darts Supplies, was the team KO Prelim Match between St Joseph's & Blackbrook WMC. more...
IT has been a fantastic fortnight at the footer for town darter Alan Tabern. more...
The Prysmian (BICC/Pirelli) Bowling Competition starts next week. The competition sponsored by Pinder & Sims promises some great bowling which will be played at the Social Club on Scotchbarn Lane Prescot. more...
MIKE Ehlen took part on Saturday in the Inter-Counties Schools Mason Trophy meeting at Alexander Stadium Birmingham, competing in two events he gaining entry standards for both the triple jump 13.44m 1st place and high jump 1.90m 3rd place. more...
VICTORIA Walker - a black belt in Shotokan Karate - came second in the Kumite Event at the 40th National Shotokan Karate Competition at Birmingham's NIA. more...
ST Helens entertained Highfied at Windleshaw Road on Saturday. Highfied elected to bat and scored an impressive 226-6 declared off 48 overs. Sanjay Pandey took 3-52. more...
RAINHILL made the long journey over to Caldy on Saturday for their eighth league game of the season. more...
Sutton Oak Wincanton more...
RAINFORD lost their unbeaten record in the Merseyside and Southport Alliance when league leaders Wavertree passed their total of 184 with four overs to spare. more...
DOES the headless ghost of Moll Bolton still walk the quiet, old country lane? The unfortunate old soul was said to have been decapitated by runaway coal tubs. more...
THEY called it the other St Helens. This was because a glass centre, set up over the Yorkshire border, was developed by Pilkington. It led to a workers' garden village, Kirk Sandall, way back in the 1920s. more...
JUST one short response to our recent request for details about Crank Caverns, at the top of Moss Bank. more...
TRAIN-spotting Jim Barrett and his mates scurried down to an old side-track to see if one of their beloved engines - the Seahorse, perhaps, or Napier, Resolution, Bihar or Orissa - had met a fatal smash. more...
AT one time, it was a bustle of shopping adventure, the old Junction Lane, Sutton. more...
SO where did you buy your lip-smacking savoury ducks? more...
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