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Faith lights up Liverpool skies
THOUSANDS gathered to see Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral lit up with fireworks in a spectacular centenary celebration. Over 35,000 fireworks were launched from the cathedral tower in a display organised by the Liverpool Culture Company as part of the
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Fancy a game of football?
CARR Mill FC under 12s are looking for new players. Training is Tuesday's 6.30pm Windermere Avenue, Carr Mill. Ask for Ste or Dennis.
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Unbeaten Pumas - Pilks Pumas U9 44 Chorley 16
MAN of the match was Alex Bacon, top tackler was Adam Shephard and coaches award went to Jonathan Key. Pumas took part in the Chorley tournament at the weekend. They put on an excellent display and came away unbeaten throughout the day.
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Teaming up to tackle the skills shortage
THE issue of skills shortages within the building services industry was top of the agenda when St Helens College in partnership with Liverpool Community College, launched their Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) at a Forum of Providers os Business
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Postcard from Alcatraz
RECEIVED an unexpected postcard from Alcatraz, the once notorious American prison. It came with warm greetings from my old former St Helens friends Keith and Dorothy Hunter. But I'm not too sure about the 'Wish you were here' sentiment!
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The pies have it!
THE piece about former St Helens lad Trevor Kay and his yearning for hometown pies attracted the attention of a couple of our other ex-pats, Keith and Win Smith, who now live in Queensland, Australia. They write: "We also made the journey back home last
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Yet another traditional pub bites the dust
YET another of our traditional old pubs has finally bitten the dust, a victim of changing trends in drinking patterns. The Park Hotel, facing Victoria Park in North Road, had a long history as a mild-and-bitter watering hole of the emphatically masculine
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Comic's ancient pub trek...
THERE was a time when St Helens, at the height of its industrial glory, could stake a reasonable claim to being the town with the most pubs in Britain. Probably the unquenchable thirst of its old-time coal miners, canal constructors, glassworkers and
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Leeds 70 Saints 0
POSSIBLY the worst performance in living memory resulted in Saints suffering their heaviest defeat for 95 years. There was absolutely nothing in the way of positives to salvage from this game, which saw Saints nilled for the first time since 1995. In
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Saints looking to replace Gleeson
IAN Millward has been told he can replace Martin Gleeson, who was sold to Warrington last Friday. Millward said: "The chairman has said I can buy a centre, but up to now I have not been in the market so I have had no players in mind. "Up to a week ago
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What a wicked world!
HOW shocked I was to realise how St Helens people are, when I had my purse stolen in Safeway by a young girl aged about 15 or 16. She didn't have the decency to hand it in. What do mothers teach them nowadays? I was always taught to be honest when I was
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Still asking the question... 20 years on!
I WOULD like to enlighten the people of Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows about how they are going to become a second Haydock. You are about to become the second biggest housing development area with some six hundred and odd houses. Well before you become
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Can you give the missus a recipe for a good pork pie?
LAST October I made a trip back to St Helens, the town of my birth with the intention of catching up with family and friends, have a couple of pints and a good chinwag and once I had settled in I managed to do all of that. Apart from catching up with
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Why are motorists treated like pariahs by the planners?
JUST as Tony Blair had his sights set on WMD in Iraq, St Helens council seem quite open about their WMD (Wholesale Motorist Discrimination) agenda. So it seems congratulations to St Helens Highways Dept are in order as the latest set of Haydock traffic
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Hitting home to halt this horror
"It must be simply horrible to feel safer walking round the streets of St Helens at 3 in the morning because you don't want to go home since you are so terrified of being abused and assaulted there." So says Detective Inspector Jon Dawson. He heads St
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Stroke of genius
Festival organisers have pulled out all the stops with an eclectic line-up for this year's V Festival, headed by The Strokes, Muse, Dido and The Pixies. Back with a vengeance on 21 and 22 August to Weston Park, Staffordshire, and Hylands Park, Chelmsford
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Energetic win!
A BRIGHT schoolgirl who was crowned an Energy Efficiency Champion has been rewarded with a brand new bike. Nine-year-old Kirsty Turner, a pupil at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School in Newtown, was presented with her prize and a special trophy after
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Jon rustles up a TV hit
WHEN chef Jon Ashton and wife Mary packed their bags in Haydock back in 1997 they had just $2,000 to their name and a 'panful' of dreams. Now seven years after they touched down in Florida, Jon, dubbed the 'Mad Chef' who learned his culinary craft at
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Purrfect tale
THE long-running popular comic strip about the feline fuzzy named Garfield comes to life in the new live-action Hollywood comedy, starring the world's favourite cynical, overweight, lasagne-loving cat. Based on the characters created by Jim Davis, the
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Mums snap out of it
THE next stint in Chester Gateway's Marks and Spencer Money Gallery will be taken by members of the Lache Family Centre, a project managed by leading children's charity NCH running until 5 September 2004. 'Hairs and Graces' will be proudly presented by
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Love drama?
IF you love drama and would like the chance to perform at Chester Gateway Theatre, then why not try out one of their funpacked Shell Summer School weeks? Open to children aged 14 and under, the weeklong course is designed to introduce and develop skills
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Great news for us all
AN ambitious blueprint for the future including proposals to transform St Helens' tourism and leisure industry and potentially sparking hundreds of new jobs in town has been published by business leaders. The ideas are part of a ten-year action plan set
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Town to pilot growth strategy
ST HELENS is to be a UK pilot for a scheme aimed at tackling urban decline and boosting growth first developed at America's famous Harvard Business School. With the aid of a £275,000 European grant it is hoped it will add fresh impetus to the regeneration
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St Helens sets the pace with City Growth
A masterplan that aims to attract massive waves of investment to St Helens is to be rolled out in towns and cities across England. Last year St Helens began piloting the City Growth Strategy, a 10-year economic action plan that aims to bring £300 million
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Players wanted
PORTICO Vine under eights are looking for new players. They are training at Scholes Lane playing field on Saturdays between 10.30am and noon. For more information call Shaun on 07903 521 641.
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AS part of this year's Playday events, St Helens Opportunity for Play (SHOP), in conjunction with Ra
Designed for youngsters up to the age of 14, there will be bouncy castles, face painting, disco plus karaoke and 'Beat the Keeper' to enjoy.For more info contact SHOP on 01744 22193.
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MOSS Bank Labour Club, Queensway, Moss Bank, are delighted to have Makerfield providing the entertai
The Dions will be performing live on Friday, August 20. The Works will be taking centre stage at the club on Friday, August 27. The above events get underway from 8pm and there is no door charge.
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Free lessons
FREE maths and English sessions are available on Mondays from 6 to 9pm. The sessions take place at Chester Lane Library, Sutton Manor. For further details ring Ann Allan on 01744 623256.
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Drink fountain fun..
CUSTOMERS of this page have proved a font of knowledge in following up the theme of public drinking fountains to be found dotted around the area up to the early 1980s. Billinge reader Alan Warren first turned on the tap by asking if anyone could name
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No other players for sale - McManus
SAINTS chairman Eamonn McManus has moved quickly to dispel rumours that more players could be following Martin Gleeson out of the door at Knowsley Road. McManus said: "Absolutely no other players from this squad are for sale. "We will be looking to add
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Festival is storming success
THE Beat Beatles were just one of the great bands that helped make this year's Newton Music Festival another successful weekend of live music. The vibrant and varied three-day line-up also included sets from Lazarus, The Loungs, The Jalapenos, Death by
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Fair worker crushes leg as show ride collapses
A POLISH fairground worker's leg was crushed when he became trapped under a ride being dismantled at the St Helens Show. The man, aged in his early 20s, was taking apart the KMG Equinox - a spinner style ride - in the early hours of Monday morning following
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Police bid to halt disorder
RADICAL plans to tackle growing youth disorder in a village have been put into place by Merseyside Police. Such is the growing level of concern over the behaviour of some youths in Rainford that police have enforced new legislation to curb the growing
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It's business as usual at blaze-hit store
FIREBUGS are believed to be responsible for starting a blaze which broke out inside GlynWebb Home Improvements Stores on Dentons Green Lane, Dentons Green, last Tuesday evening. Carpets were damaged by fire and the remainder of the building suffered moderate
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Rainford staring into abyss after another loss
RAINFORD were given the opportunity to make amends for last weeks crushing Sandhurst Shield defeat at the hands of the Wigan side as they entertained their fellow Merseyside Alliance strugglers Norley Hall. The home side are now well aware that they are
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Rugby girls' open day
St Helens Scorpions Girls Amateur Rugby League Club are holding an open day on Saturday August 7 at Broadway High School, starting at 10.30am. Also if there are any girls interested in playing rugby league, training is at Broadway High School, Mondays
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Cyclists do well
TWO local racing cyclists both grabbed second spot in their respective events on Sunday. Prescot's Andy Martin riding for Deeside Olympic finished second in the Recycling series race over 80km at Pimbo in 2hrs 2mins. And St Helens CRC's Edmund Leary took
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Mike hotfoots it to shatter club record
THE latest round of the National Young Athletes Track League held at the Victoria Park track, Warrington saw a great performance by St Helens Sutton A.C. to finish in second place behind promotion favourites Trafford and to ensure their place for next
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Haydock to get higher TV profile
HAYDOCK Racecourse is set for more television exposure following the announcement of the racing fixtures for 2005. As a result of negotiations with the BBC, several of Haydock's principal National Hunt races are being given more prominent slots in the
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Stephanie's a Show-stopper!
THE new-look St Helens Show drew the crowds, attracting more than 200,000 visitors to the popular three-day event at Sherdley Park. And for one local youngster it was a dream come true. Eleven-year-old Stephanie Davis from Whiston wowed the audience with
