A BAKERY chain has submitted plans for an empty retail unit. Greggs has submitted planning applications in relation to the vacant premises at 99-101 Higher Parr Street, Fingerpost. One is for new signage, a new shopfront and two air conditioning
A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD woman who admitted to drug driving has been sentenced by a court. Tyler Burke, of Mount Pleasant Avenue, Parr, appeared before Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, April 23. Burke pleaded
A PLANNING application to make alterations to the shopfront of a former supermarket unit aimed to be brought "back into use" has been approved. Proposals were sent to the council’s planning department by London & Cambridge Investment Ltd for the
SAINTS have declined to comment on Australian newspaper reports linking scrum half Lewis Dodd with a move to NRL side Sydney Rabbitohs. It is the standard club response to discussion and speculation on potential player departures. The Daily
A MAN has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after breaking into an elderly woman’s empty home and stealing sentimental items. Around midday on Sunday, February 4, a resident on Golborne Dale Road in Newton-le-Willows noticed the lock of his
AN EIGHTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court accused of assault. Geofrey Hughes, of North Road, St Helens, denied a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH) before magistrates on Friday, April 19. Hughes is accused of assaulting
ST HELENS Council leader Cllr David Baines has been reflecting on his time in office and revealed what his “biggest priority” would be if he is elected as Labour MP for St Helens North. In November, the politician was chosen as the party’s candidate
A COMMON suggestion from business owners, shoppers, and residents is that introducing free parking could encourage more people to visit and spend money in the town centre. With several big name businesses leaving the high street in recent years
THE plans to convert a landmark pub into a special needs school have been given the go-ahead. Proposals for the change of use, refurbishment and extension of the Clock Face Hotel building were sent to council planners by applicants Bright Futures
TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved family man and popular football coach who has died. Stephen Paul Jackson passed away after an illness on Sunday, April 14, aged 56. Stephen, from Earlestown, was a well-known figure around Newton-le-Willows
