Stories for 16 May 1996
Blackburn News
THE other day I had a most disturbing conversation - disturbing for me, that is - on the subject of drugs with a young man well known to me and my family. more...
PLANNERS are bracing themselves for a report recommending the demolition of three historic town centre buildings - despite efforts by a businessman to save and restore them. more...
ALAN Shearer is out of England's last Wembley warm up game before the European Championships. more...
BLACKBURN Safer Cities is today (Thursday, May 16) holding a high-profile seminar in a bid to attract funding for its Homesafe scheme. more...
BLACKBURN Rugby Club is one of eight projects across the North West to share in a £3 million handout from the National Lottery Sports Fund. more...
ONE of Blackburn's oldest Scout and Guide groups is in danger of closing down if funds for repairs are not found. more...
AS an old soldier of the 1939 war in the 51st Highland Division, I think what we need is a totally new crime definition for what I call 'unacceptable behaviour'. more...
BIG-HEARTED aircraft workers had their wings clipped when they answered an SOS to help create a school's nature trail. more...
YOUR favourite community paper has spanned the Atlantic to help reunite long lost friends. more...
PLEASE may I appeal to the owners of cats and dogs to have them neutered. more...
LANCASHIRE County Council has threatened court action unless Environment Secretary John Gummer delays go-it-alone plans for Blackburn Council. more...
WHILE I have a high regard for our MP, Janet Anderson, I can not understand why she has chosen to criticise the public lavatories in Darwen Market Hall. more...
WE have read the letter from Barry Graham, "Say goodbye to noisy neighbours" in last week's Citizen and agree with everything he said. more...
THERE ain't no mountain high enough for Martin Douglas and Citizen readers when it comes to fund-raising! For the general manager of Blackburn Church Action is to climb 12 mountains in a week to raise vital cash for the charity. more...
I HAVE recently received a letter from Mr C Houlker, a retired architect who lives in New Zealand who is trying to trace his family ancestry. more...
SHOPKEEPERS have expressed concern following news that big-name traders are shutting up shop in Accrington town centre - in favour of out-of-town retail parks. more...
HUNCOAT residents have slammed their local council, claiming it is intent on stripping the village of vital green space and turning residential areas into urban housing and industrial estates. more...
ANGRY Oswaldtwistle residents have hit back at the Lancashire author who has dubbed them 'gormless'. more...
FIRST aiders at Accrington's division of the St John's Ambulance Brigade are raising their glasses to local brewers Thwaites - who stepped in with a cash donation to save their operation from closure. more...
Blackpool News
THE Wembley dream is well and truly over for Blackpool fans. more...
ASPIRING young blades seeking a career with Amanda Thompson's Hot Ice show should walk on a bed of hot coals, swim the Channel upright and slay a dragon single-handed. It would be easier! more...
BLACKPOOL town centre is getting ready to take on a whole new identity this month - as two of the resort's streets go carnival style. more...
A MULTI-million pound refurbishment of Hounds Hill shopping centre is a step closer to becoming reality. more...
TROMBONE players Steven Lord and Louise Howarth tied the knot in style at the weekend. more...
A CLEVELEYS chip shop has beaten stiff competition to win the Citizen Chip Shop of the Year award - and it has yet to celebrate its first birthday!
Victoria Fish and Chips, Victoria Road West, has proved to the Fylde that it serves great food - and with excellent service. Owner Richard Holliday, who opened for business last July, ensures all his food is freshly prepared and that only the best ingredients are used. more...
Bolton Business
SIR David Trippier has started his personal campaign to make sure towns like Bolton are not overlooked in the new "Marketing Manchester" campaign.
He has reacted in a remarkably positive manner to a sceptical view expressed by the leader of Bolton Council, Cllr Bob Howarth, that on past experience only crumbs would come the way of Bolton and other Greater Manchester towns. more...
THE managing director of Beloit Walmsley Ltd, Alfred J. Pettengell, retires at the week-end. more...
ACADEMICS are being encouraged to act as ambassadors by putting Manchester forward as a major conference destination. more...
Bolton News
25 YEARS AGO more...
THE contented happiness on the faces of Harwood couple Jim and Alice Ryder, who yesterday celebrated 70 years of marriage, was wonderful to see. Naturally, they are looking forward to spending the rest of their lives together. more...
IT'S good news that the former Co-op supermarket site in Bolton town centre finally is to become a shopping complex. more...
CAT lover Jacqueline Hood feared that curiosity had killed her playful tabby after it went missing without trace for SIXTEEN days.
Mrs Hood was distraught after Lucy Bea, aged six, could not be traced despite desperate searching by friends and neighbours around Little Lever.
But her misery turned to joy and disbelief when Lucy Bea was found bedraggled but alive inside a steel drum locked in her next-door neighbour's garage in Aintree Road. more...
A CONSUMER watchdog has said it will not be getting involved in a row over higher gas bills - brought about by problems with a new computer system. more...
AN elderly man was rescued by firefighters from his home yesterday. more...
MOST viewers know Coronation Street's main characters, and most of us can recall a particular favourite episode in which they starred. more...
TALENTED youngsters received their awards and prizes for winning entries in the recent Design An Ad competition at a celebration party sponsored by Pizzaland, Deansgate. more...
FORMER Icicle Works frontman Ian McNabb is back on the road with his new band After Life. more...
BOLTON'S jobless total fell by 87 in April - from 8,707 to 8,620. more...
Car stealers, muggers, vandals and thieves, more...
RAIDERS escaped with clothing, worth up to £10,000, after smashing into a Bolton store last night. more...
A GOVERNMENT inspection report rates a North-west college amongst the best in Britain. City College, Manchester which attracts many full and part time students from Bolton, achieved Grade I and 2 in the seven criteria. more...
SIR: We often return from our travels with small change from the countries we have visited. I would like to ask for parents, teachers and pupils among your readers to support a project which will raise funds for Help the Aged using such 'un-wanted' foreign coins. more...
SIR: My wife and I would like to say a very big thank you to the retiring Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr Alan Rushton and his wife, Audrey, for the wonderful way in which they made themselves at home when they came to visit us on our Diamond Wedding Day and presented us with a lovely bouquet. more...
SIR: N Bamford is justified in claiming that local bus fares are the highest in the country (Viewpoint, May 13). When buses were deregulated 10 years ago, we were promised lower fares and better services and we have got neither. more...
SIR:I refer to the article: Poor Access to NHS Funded Abortions (BEN, May 9). more...
BOLTON's Community Education Service has scored a double when it comes to adult learning. more...
BOLTON councillors could throw out plans for a supertip at Red Moss following a bid by the outgoing mayor and a former Tory leader to force a vote on the issue. more...
BOLTON Special Constable Karen Scholes is preparing to go into battle in front of an audience of millions. more...
A BOLTON man lost his eye and his livelihood as he protected a group of women in a nightclub. more...
A TEENAGER - labelled Bolton's "one boy crimewave" - has been locked up for four years. more...
A PUB manager who phoned the police after violence erupted among Manchester United fans in his bar was flabbergasted when his 999 call was diverted to an operator in . . . Newcastle! more...
COUNCIL leader Cllr Bob Howarth today declared that Bolton's "green week" will go ahead ... even though Friends of the Earth have pulled out. more...
A WORKSHOP that was damaged by floods is back in business today at Bolton College. more...
THE popular Mini Le-Mans pedal car race will keep on rolling. more...
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to transform rundown areas of Bolton have been given the green light. more...
Bolton Sport
THE DELAY in completing Alan Stubbs' record-breaking transfer to Celtic has left the door open for a counter-bid from the Premiership. more...
ATHERTON Colls have received the official 'thumbs up' for NWCL Division One football. more...
WIGAN'S in-form Andy Farrell is confident the champions can carry on where they left off at Halifax when they travel to Cumbria on Saturday night, writes DAVID MAGILTON. more...
CHAMPIONS Deane made a terrific start to the Bolton Golf Association club championship when they beat Breightmet 6-2. more...
They entered four teams in the stableford competition and two of them finished first and second. Their previous wins were way back in 1920 and 1957. more...
Burnley News
A SHOCK report in National Smile Week has revealed the rotten truth about teenagers in Burnley and Pendle - they have the worst teeth in the country. more...
POLICE are asking for the public's help with a spring campaign to cut cruelty to birds and animals. more...
THE government has set tough new efficiency targets for Burnley council after massive losses were made last year by in-house contractors. more...
PLANS to install pre-payment water meters at homes in Burnley and Pendle are meeting growing opposition. more...
A BURNLEY man who has spent 20 years turning wasteland outside his home into a wildlife garden and woodland is in the running for a top environmental award. more...
CHILDREN travelling on school buses will be videoed with spy cameras from September in an attempt to combat vandalism. more...
TOWNELEY Hall in Burnley is now the peaceful Sunday afternoon venue for many a family outing, but the house once figured prominently in the English civil war. more...
RETIRED farmer Tom Swales has been honoured for a lifetime's service to village life. more...
EFFORTS to attract more investment cash to Burnley will receive a boost next week. more...
MILKMAN Peter Swainston was yesterday (Wednesday, May 15) installed as the new mayor of Burnley. more...
LOWERHOUSE were knocked out of the Jennings Worsley Cup by Rawtenstall on Sunday after extending their perfect start to the season on Saturday. more...
WHEN hairdresser Peter Armfield offered customers and friends the chance to shave his head they beat a path to the salon door. more...
PENDLE councillor Frank Clifford becomes the borough's first citizen today (Thursday, May 16). more...
COMPANY bosses have been told to have at least one good laugh a day at work if they want to be good employers. more...
THE upper tier of Burnley FC's new East Stand will be the stadium's new non-smoking family area. more...
Bury News
SOUTH American style is the theme for this year's Bury Lions Carnival and Gala to be staged on June 8. more...
FORMER pupil of Woodhey High School,19-year-old John Morton from Holcombe Brook, Bury, has won the Apprentice Of The Year Award from Salford Technical College. more...
Work will start later this month to improve the appearance of Bury's main cemetery. more...
HUMAN remains unearthed last week by contractors working on the Clerke Street car park site next to the Flying Shuttle pub in Bury, will be re-interred by Bury Social Services.
According to a police spokesman there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the discovery of what in fact was a skeleton. more...
VOLUNTEER tree wardens in Bury are to branch out on next Thursday when they will be staging their first Tree Advice Evening. more...
WHEN illness stopped him working in the 70s Ron Thorpe turned to art for consolation and that proved a blessing in disguise for a talented man who is now a professional painter. more...
YOUNG members of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust are hoping to badger local teams into joining them in the Green Challenge. more...
INTREPID members of Bury Church of England High School's wildlife group are to jet off on a trip of a lifetime in July when they will travel to Kenya to deliver a desperately needed lorry to Daphne Shedrick's orphan elephant and rhino project in Tsavo National Park. more...
WEARING a stocking over his head a youth entered a mini market in Tottington Road last Friday brandishing a knife. more...
HANDS off our postal service was the message local Euro MP Gary Titley issued in Brussels last week to the European Commission and the governments of the EU's 15 member states. more...
HELP the Aged in Bury are appealing for local people to dig deep into their pockets for their door-to door-collection which starts this weekend. more...
It was derby day for Bury and Brooksbottoms in the Manchester Association but the local cricket rivals didn't really resolve anything. more...
PEOPLE flocked into Bury over the May holiday to celebrate its Streets Ahead 'entertainment' which the crowds apparently loved. I thank the Lord that I am not one of the crowd! more...
TWO fine victories over clubs who have run them neck and neck all season clinched the League championship for Woodbank and set them up for a possible league and cup double in next Sunday's final against Ashton United at Glossop. more...
IT was a day to celebrate as the jubilant promotion winning Shakers were feted in Bury last Sunday. more...
AMBULANCE services throughout Greater Manchester are to work a non-emergency service around the clock to transport patients to and from hospitals.
The new system is believed to be the first in Britain. It will be provided by Greater Manchester Ambulance Service's Patient Transport Service. more...
FOLLOWING the death on Monday of a 91 year old Bury man in a road traffic accident involving a marked police car and a Renault, the Independent Police Complaints Authority is to supervise an inquiry.
The accident happened at Rufford near Ormskirk on the A59 and Lancashire Constabulary say that the police car, a Maestro answering an emergency call, collided with a Renault which was emerging from the A581. more...
WHOLESALERS and retailers of greetings cards, stationery and fancy goods - Ron Wood Greetings Cards of Bury - are one of five North West companies who have won an award for being among the top 100 fastest-growing private companies in the country.
They are also one of the UKs top 50 Middle Market companies, a prestige category for larger companies with annual sales of at least £5 million in the first year of the five years over which growth is measured. more...
PROVIDING a relief service for carers in the community the Bury Crossroads Care scheme has become the first charity to be awarded the title Investors in People by the Bury Bolton Training and Enterprise Council.
Bury Crossroads, which is affiliated to the National Association of Crossroads Care Attendants Schemes Ltd., employs 19 part-time care attendants, four part-time administrative staff and a full-time manager. more...
STANDING by with fingers crossed are four students from Bury Grammar School for Girls who came within a whisker of winning a north west competition to test their presentation skills. more...
AFTER 13 years representing East Ward Councillor Trevor Holt swopped his postal deliver bag on Wednesday, for Bury Metro's top job as Mayor. His wife Evelyn will be his Mayoress. more...
Chorley News
DRUNK children, some as young as eight, are causing havoc in a Chorley village. more...
A ROW has erupted after the council allowed a regular Sunday car boot sale to set up on Chorley's Flat Iron car park. more...
A CHARITY fund-raiser will wheel-y need packs of pedal power when he sets out on a 1,000 mile bike ride. more...
CHORLEY'S new mayor Mel Coombes was installed this week with a vision of "harmony" for the borough. more...
Darwen News
THE mother of teenage sledge crash victim Stephen Lightbown has praised the efforts of an army of fund-raisers who have rallied round to ease his pain. more...
ANGRY residents are still waiting for compensation almost a year after a council error robbed them of the view from the rear of their homes. The ten families of Avondale Road, Darwen, have accused Blackburn Borough Council of "dragging their feet" despite promises of speedy settlements. more...
Lancashire Business
THERE were more than 1,700 unfilled vacancies at job centres in East Lancashire last month. more...
SANDRA Grandfield has landed a job thanks to a scheme to help graduates. more...
Lancashire Leisure
ANGRY landlords served a warning on violent drinkers who assault bar staff - "We'll hound you to the limits of the law to see justice done." more...
FANS without tickets were facing a night in the cells if they tried to get into Torquay's ground for Burnley's promotion play-off match. more...
Lancashire News
ANIMAL lovers are being urged to adopt a pony and help an animal sanctuary survive! more...
AWARD-winning milkman Peter Swainston is the new Mayor of Burnley. A councillor for 20 years, he was elected at the annual meeting at Burnley Town Hall. more...
COMPANIES in Hyndburn are being offered an easy and free way to find their new recruits. more...
ON Mothering Sunday, I made a journey to visit my parents' grave in Blackburn Cemetery. more...
GET set SuperWalkers - the big day is almost upon us. more...
WATER pre-payment meters would increase hardship and expose communities to public health hazards, says Burnley anti-poverty campaigner Councillor Alice Thornber. more...
A TEENAGE bride-to-be fled from an airport terminal after discovering a plot to fly her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. more...
MANY readers will know that this is Adult Learners Week. The Esperanto language offers the unique opportunity of "learning with an international flavour." more...
A VICAR has predicted a bleak outlook for struggling Church of England parishes in the Blackburn Deanery. more...
SCHOOLTEACHER Gwen Mayor who died in the Dunblane massacre protecting the children she loved has been shortlisted for a Scotswoman of The Year award. more...
ANGRY dinner ladies at a Blackburn primary school have slammed catering company BET for cutting their hours. more...
IF EVER there was an olive branch, it has to be Prime Minister John Major's announcement today that he is not going to allow decommissioning of arms to stand in the way of peace talks in Northern Ireland. more...
A SHOCK report today reveals benefit fraud reaches a staggering £2 billion a year. more...
IT MAY be a small sized town, but Rawtenstall is thinking big with plans for a £28 million rebirth leading to the creation of more than 1,000 jobs. more...
MODISH mum Eileen O'Neill got a chic new look today in a whirlwind TV make-over. more...
PUBLIC Health bosses have been rapped for their "secrecy" in dealing with the latest meningitis case to afflict East Lancashire. more...
DRIVERS were 'stuck' in a traffic jam today when a tanker spilled three tons of glue on to a busy road. more...
TO eradicate poverty from a country such as ours whose national debt still includes repayment on loans to private bankers for the Napoleonic wars, we need look no further than the Channel Islands for the answer. more...
PEOPLE in Lancashire paid out more than £5m more for community care services last year than they did the year before, according to figures released today by the Labour Party. more...
A THREE-way partnership today announced plans for a £28m rebirth of Rawtenstall which could lead to the creation of more than 1,000 jobs. more...
ON behalf of the committee, I would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of the Dunblane Charity Concert held at the ICI Social Club, Darwen, on April 25 - those who attended and all who bought raffle tickets and gave prizes. more...
Lancashire Sport
JASON Wilcox had to cancel his summer holidays today, after being named in England's squad for next week's tour of China and Hong Kong. more...
PROVIDING he is fit, I firmly believe that Alan Shearer will be lining up in a Blackburn Rovers shirt when the 1996-97 Premiership season kicks off in August. more...
DAVID Lloyd has many admirable attributes. more...
DIANE Modahl is back in the groove and hammering on the Atlanta selectors' doors. more...
A COMPLAINT has been lodged with Lancashire League officials over the eligibility of batting and bowling sensation Tariq Habib. more...
BURNLEY today pleaded for patience from their supporters over season tickets, with sales due to begin tomorrow morning and a big demand anticipated. more...
Lancaster News
A SPAM butty and a packet of crisps could be the vital clues which identify the unknown source of a plethora of garden gnomes mysteriously sent to the home of a Lancaster woman.
During the last few weeks Linda Turner, of Ryelands Road, has become the adoptive mother of GNorman, GEric, GDoug, GCecil, GVictor and GPercy and has now named her house GLinda's Gnome Home!
The gnomes arrived in a series of letters and parcels from as far afield as Hong Kong and Australia and the secret sender obviously knew that Linda enjoyed a Spam butty and a packet of crisps every night before bedtime. more...
TWO prisoners fighting convictions for their part in robberies at Little Chef restaurants have been denied legal aid for a judicial review of their case.
Robert McEwen and Eon Kennedy, both currently languishing in Risley Prison in Cheshire, were told this week that their application for financial assistance to argue their case had been turned down by the Legal Aid Board.
The pair have been devastated by the news which comes on the end of a long line of disappointments for them. more...
A TAXI driver could hold the vital clue to the brutal beating of a 21-year-old Lancaster woman.
Susan Capstick, of West Street, is recovering in hospital with a broken jaw and severe facial injuries after being attacked at her home in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lancaster Police are appealing for the taxi driver, who was seen outside the victim's home at about 12.30am on Sunday morning, to come forward and help trace her movements that evening. more...
STAFF at Sainsbury's could end up delivering more than the weekly groceries following the introduction of a new scheme to help mums-to-be!
For the company is to offer a wide range of services for pregnant women and have even pledged to give a full year's supply of nappies to any mum whose waters break while they are in the store - or even on the car park.
It is hoped the move will relieve the burden of shopping for expectant mothers. more...
COUNCILLOR Janet Horner tried her new outfit for size yesterday (Wednesday) when she was elected as the city's new Mayor. more...
POLICE are investigating the death of a 62-year-old Lancaster man. more...
Bosses at Lancaster City Football Club unveiled the ambitious blueprint for their West Road complex this week. Now they want to hear your opinions.
Under the first phase of the proposals, a junior football school of excellence, community five-a-side pitches, sports medical centre and 2,500-seater main stand - containing a public sports hall and indoor bowling centre - will be built at the ground by the year 2000. more...
THE dangers of children finding potentially fatal discarded needles in Morecambe and Lancaster is getting out of hand according to councillors in the area.
Now they are seeking urgent talks with the police, environmental health officials and drug advisors to try and thrash out a plan of action to deal with what they say is an increasing problem.
The call has come after city councillors received complaints from parents whose children have picked up needles left by drug users in alleyways, playgrounds and even on Morecambe prom. more...
Leigh News
A CARNIVAL fun day could result in the revival of Tyldesley's festival frolics. more...
MEDIATORS are being appointed to help smooth generation gap problems. more...
CATWALK kitten Joanne Estelle Gillespie is being tipped for the top. more...
FORMER County Palatine housing boss Barry Neill has quit from the local health authority. more...
I AM responding to the comments of the "fiery principal" of Wigan and Leigh College in The Journal (May 2). I am moved to write because it has been put to me that I might be the anonymous correspondent who seems to have provoked her outburst. more...
I AM writing in response to The Journal's story 'Estate's hell-hole for sale?' (April 18 1996), which referred to a possible sell off of homes in Melrose Avenue and Whalley Grove area of Leigh. more...
THROUGH The Journal, Wigan and Leigh lecturers union NATFHE wishes to make clear that at no point during the negotiations with the college management did NATFHE consider agreeing to reductions in salary. more...
PEOPLE living on Leigh's biggest housing estate have had enough of teenage troublemakers. more...
GILL Lowe has the world at her feet. more...
VILLAGE shops could close unless locals back Westleigh businesses. more...
LIFE on the buses has been been a family affair for retired driver Jack Wilson. more...
WRITER Mel Shepherd has forged an unlikely alliance with a convicted killer. more...
WHEN, around 2pm on a Sunday afternoon, the wireless crackled in the corner you just knew it was 'Beyond Our Ken.' more...
A PENNINGTON architect has come up with what he sees as a unique compromise solution in the 'Battle of Wesley Guild'. more...
RESIDENTS in Pennington are still collecting evidence to strengthen their fight to save Wesley Guild playing fields from the developers and to give it Village Green status. more...
GOBSTOPPERS and jammy dodgers will NOT be on the menu of Meadowbank CP School in Atherton or St Luke's in Lowton this week as both schools take part in National Smile Week. more...
A SAFE house scheme offering sanctuary to threatened people could be coming to Leigh. more...
Leigh Sport
THE great day dawned cherry-and-white. Few people in the Ghost Town cared for anything other than the clock as the minutes ticked inexorably by, ever closer to 3-o-clock and a sporting date with destiny 200 miles away on the hallowed turf of Wembley. more...
SEVEN days after being jeered off Hilton Park following a miserable defeat by South Wales, Leigh were given a standing ovation. more...
Preston News
"THEY think it's all over ... it is now!" Immortal words, but for Preston fans all that remains on the football front is a relaxing break, a time to reflect on a glorious season and look forward to Division Two football. more...
LANCASTER are now two points clear at the top of the table because of their winning draw at Lune Road last Saturday against Chorley. more...
A FOOTBALL pitch in Leyland is to have a £1M revamp thanks to the National Lottery. more...
SCHOOLBOY Darren Fisher has to travel across town to his grandparents' house to have a bath because his council house has no hot water. more...
THE Chorley, Preston and South Ribble Diabetics Support Group wants to send children packing - to specialised holiday resorts. more...
CAMPAIGNERS have sworn to continue fighting against plans to build a bypass through their village - despite the revelation that they don't have the support of their county councillor. more...
CAR mechanic Peter Barnes is hitting the roof. more...
DOCTORS are baffled by a mystery illness which has killed one child and paralysed another in a Preston family. more...
LANCASHIRE Chief Constable Pauline Clare (pictured) has been voted the North West's top woman. more...
BLIND supporters of Preston North End may not be able to watch the game but from next season they should be able to hear all the action. more...
PROUD grandad Stan Crabtree thought his baby granddaughter was as pretty as a flower - so he named one after her. more...
TRADERS at the condemned Bow Lane, Preston, market say they will stay put until the council comes up with a viable alternative. more...
SCHOOLS Minister Robin Squire stepped in at the last minute to replace Gillian Shephard at the opening of the Lancashire Area West Training and Enterprise Council (LAWTEC). more...
BRAVE cancer patient David Liddell has won a competition set by Postman Pat at a recent visit to the hospital. more...
BRIDGE managed only a draw in this final game of the season, but it was enough to secure the Unibond League Premier Division championship at the first time of asking. more...
FURIOUS Exeter City football club boss Ivor Doble has demanded an apology from PNE after hundreds of his club's supporters, who had travelled to see the match, were locked out. more...
TEENAGE hearthrobs and so-called successors to Take That, Boyzone were given a roaring welcome when they played in Preston as part of their national tour. more...
WHEN Lillian Warburton suffered a brain haemorrhage at the age of 43 she thought her life would be in tatters. more...
THE CARIBBEAN Grand Carnival will take place once again in Preston on Spring Bank Holiday, Monday May 27. more...
A GROUP of 24 students are hoping to 'sync or swim' when they leave college this year and go for jobs in the music industry. more...
St Helens News
WHEN Doreen Friar wrote from Australia, seeking help from our readers in researching her British family roots, she received a quick answer. more...
DEMAND is growing for a public inquiry after Gulf War veteran John Callaghan was found dead, hanging by his trainer laces in a cell at Strangeways Prison hospital wing. more...
PLANS to transform a derelict zone of land into a major retail park, creating up to 2,000 jobs, have been halted in a surprise move by the Government Office on Merseyside. more...
THE mystery of the Provvy propellers thickens. more...
WORKERS at a Whiston factory were celebrating this week after striking it lucky in the National Lottery. more...
WHEN Daniel Winrow was born 10 weeks prematurely and suffering from breathing problems, his parents were warned to prepare for the worst. more...
ANTHONY Canning (41) of Windermere Avenue, Clinkham Wood, has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to wounding his live-in girlfriend. more...
A HEARTBROKEN bride-to-be is offering a reward for information leading to the return of her beloved pet which was snatched from the back garden of her home. more...
THREE cooks from local schools have dished up winning recipes in a competition run by the Meat Marketing Board. more...
POLICE are searching for witnesses following a fire in an empty house in Edgerton Street, Sutton, in which petrol was poured through the letter box. more...
St Helens Sport
RESPECT ball possession! That was the lesson to be learned by Saints according to team boss Shaun McRae after the below-par performance against London Broncos. more...
UNBEATEN Super League leaders Saints are facing a threequarter crisis as they bid to maintain their 100 per cent record with a daunting trip to Warrington tomorrow, Friday, kick-off 7.30pm. more...
