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Bouncing Back
WE have teamed up with Cineworld St Helens, to offer our readers three pairs of tickets to see the new film, 'Dodgeball- A True Underdog Story', plus one lucky winner will also scoop a Dodgeball t-shirt, watch and ball. Remember your childhood fears,
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£9m boost for Halton arts
THE Brindley, Halton Borough Council's £9 million, purpose built venue and arts centre, in Runcorn, launches its opening season with a feast of events featuring some hot new talent and a few surpises! Multi-million selling singer, Tony Hadley, formerly
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Hitting new heights
THE 13th annual Southport Air Show and Military Display will once again be jetting into the resort this year on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September, and we have four family tickets to give away free to readers. The event, which takes place at the seafront
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Juniors wanted
PILKS under-7s are looking for players for the forthcoming season to play in the North West Counties League. If your child is interested in playing rugby league in a friendly and fun environment please contact Ant on 01744 637158 for more details.
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YOUNGSTERS are invited to get stuck in at the second 'messtravaganza' day held by Sure Start Four Wa
The event will involve toddlers experimenting with a variety of sticky substances including cooked pasta, jelly and a glue made from cornflour and water. They will also be able to create their very own messy artwork and graffiti.
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Sign up now!
WOULD you like to create your own site on the internet? Then sign up for a September start at St Helens College! We'll teach you how to create a website which includes background colours, text colours, text sizes, animation, photographs, links, tables
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Have you got what it takes?
CALLING all school leavers. If you have the dedication to become a successful entrepreneur, want to work within an office environment or just develop a number of skills you can use within a variety of industries, then take a look at the Business programmes
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On song
OUR recent flashback photo, featuring a gang of fun-loving musicians in a 1960s St Helens carnival parade, certainly struck a note for reader Ethel Alcock. She spotted her late hubby, Harry, among the fancy-dress line-up. Harry was sax and clarinet player
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Titanic theory is well scuppered
THE suggested link between St Helens and the construction of the ill-fated Titanic, which went to a watery grave on its maiden voyage, has been well and truly scuppered by reader Pamela Day. Theories have tossed to and fro across this page , with a number
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Rare bottles - and no Codd!
OLD pop bottles of the kind once manufactured in St Helens can become expensive collectors' pieces. Marianne Barlow from Newton-le-Willows makes the point in response to an earlier piece and adds to my personal knowledge by explaining how one particular
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Newton gets two-match ban and fine for tackle on Wilkin
WIGAN hooker Terry Newton has been handed a two-match ban for an off-the-ball high tackle on Saints' Jon Wilkin. The young utility player had to leave the field on a stretcher and had a brace placed on his neck following the late tackle in the second-half
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Mixed news for Saints on injury front
Saints have been handed mixed news on the injury front with back-rower Jon Wilkin possibly sidelined for six weeks but hooker Mick Higham set to make a return to action. Coach Ian Millward revealed Wilkin suffered knee damage as he fell after being hit
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Springing a leak?
WELL, what is really going on at St Helens Rugby League Club? The team doesn't seem able to win a match at present. A star player is sold without the team manager being informed. The club has been looking for a new home unsuccessfully for years and us
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Reward those who do well
I BELIEVE that parents should be held responsible if their offspring do not act in a manner which local folk accept as 'normal behaviour'. But, having said that, I believe that children in school who do well in their examinations should be treated with
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We live in hope for some action at Queen's Park
WE seem to be hearing a lot about 'Grot Spots' and the progress made to eliminate them and funds available to tackle the problems. I would like to draw to your attention to problems we have suffered silently for over five decades. Every park in the St
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Will it take an accident?
I AM a concerned resident of St Georges Avenue - between Queens Drive and Prince Andrews Grove. Will it take an accident and maybe an injured child to make parents realise that the road is not a safe place for children - some as young as four - to play
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Perfect pitch!
HAYDOCK... not on your P Lever? I think you dropped a few stitches there, it was tailor made for Haydock. The racers are usually in the car park by 1.30pm and the rugby matches could be tailor made to suit with two entrances on the East Lancs Road and
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A cut above the rest
NEW York collective the Scissor Sisters head another outstanding line-up at Creamfields Festival on Saturday 28 August at Old Liverpool Airfield, Speke. This year's event is one of the finest Creamfields Festival line-ups to date, and the Scissor Sisters
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Still tickling the ivories - at 92!
HARRY Berrey's love affair with the piano began when he was a schoolboy. And now, at the age of 92, and virtually blind, he's busy recording CDs . . . not for commercial consideration, you understand, but for the personal enjoyment of himself and his
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New drugs raids
SQUADS of police officers recovered drugs believed to be heroin and crack cocaine as further strikes were made to strangle the borough's drug market. Thirty officers involved in storming the properties recovered heroin and crack with a street value of
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Staff at disgraced GP's old surgery are suffering hate abuse
COUNSELLING staff working in a building that formerly housed the disgraced Dr Roy Murray fear they are innocent victims in a backlash of hate that has followed his conviction. Community Integrated Care are based at the Liverpool Road surgery formerly
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BANDIT RAID ALERT!
WARNINGS are being fired out to landlords and licensees after robbers smashed into six pubs and social clubs and emptied fruit machines during late-night weekend raids. In the past fortnight police say ten venues have been targeted with smash and grab
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Have you got what it takes?
CALLING all school leavers. If you have the dedication to become a successful entrepreneur, want to work within an office environment or just develop a number of skills you can use within a variety of industries, then take a look at the Business programmes
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Sutton empty-handed after derby disappointment
ON Saturday Sutton visited local rivals Rainhill and despite a good fielding and bowling performance left empty-handed with a 19-run defeat. Phil Frost and Ray Foster took five wickets each as the 'Galacticos' were skittled for just 65, Paul Ford's dogged
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Trundlers line up for singles event
THE St Helens Pensioners Bowling Association's Singles Competition will be staged over three days with qualifying games at Haydock C & B and Prescot CC on Wednesday and Thursday, September 1 and 2 with the finals at Eccleston Bowls Club on Friday,
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Youngsters shine on national stage
FIVE of the younger members of St Helens Sutton AC took part in the national under-15 years and under-17 years championships held at Birmingham an event in which you can only compete if you have reached the qualifying standard. Highest placed club athlete
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Mick lands Cup with an ounce to spare!
THE F. Garner Cup fished at the Lower Pound produced an exciting finish with only an ounce separating the first and second places in the 20-strong field. Mick Rodgers took the honours with 14-8-8 just ahead of Ray Shorrocks with 14-7-8 and third was Paul
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ARL season ready to kick off
THE North West Counties Amateur Rugby League season kicks off this weekend under a new title. The league has obtained a four-figure sponsorship from Widnes-based Mark Norris Building Services, and will now be known as the Mark Norris Building Services
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New boys impress as Cables earn well-deserved point
Frickley Athletic 1 Prescot Cables 1 PRESCOT fielded five new signings for their first-ever UniBond League Premier Division game and came away with a well-deserved draw from a scrappy affair at Frickley. In a game of few chances, newcomer Karl Connolly
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Charity is top draw
A LIVERPOOL charity have been put in the picture with their latest fundraiser, thanks to St Helens artist Karen Adamson, who has donated a piece of her artwork as a raffle prize. The fundraising event has been initiated by members of Millennium Volunteers
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Wingates weave their magic
CONTINUING their hugely successful combination, The Houghton Weavers and Wingates Band will present their next concert at Rivington Hall Barn on Wednesday 8 September at 7.30pm. This will be the first opportunity fans of one of Britain's oldest and finest
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Rugby feast in prospect
THERE is a feast of junior rugby league at Boardmans Lane on Bank Holiday Monday when Blackbrook Royals hold their annual seven-a-side and mini-league festival. The action starts at 10.30am with sides from under-7s to under-16s taking part with some of
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Storm building
NEWTON Storm under-14s amateur rugby league team are looking to strengthen their squad. If you are about to return to school in Year Nine and would like to join contact Brendan on 07941497934.
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THERE's a chance to 'pig out' at Central Library on Wednesday 8 September, 1.30pm, as St Helens Coun
On Sunday 5 September there will be a model boat regatta and fun day at Taylor Park and a birds of prey event at Sherdley Park. Play sessions will be held at Thatto Heath Park on Tuesday 31 August and at Taylor Park on Wednesday 1 September.
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HANDS On @ The Citadel returns for the autumn season with new ideas, new directors, and, hopefully,
The group are looking for new young performers and stage hands to come along and try their skills on a real stage, and one of those young stars could be you! For more information telephone 01744 735436.
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It's a new record for passes
CARMEL College, already established as a provider of the highest quality of education, this year achieved a new record. The class of 2004 have really surpassed themselves with some truly outstanding examination results. The pass rate at A level remained
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Stripping back old pub history
ANCIENT text concealed beneath the cement rendering of a Victorian pub is being keenly probed. Tony and Anne Biggs of the Sutton Oak -originally known as Boundary Vaults - in Bold Road, Sutton, are currently redecorating the exterior. "It's covered by
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Still tickling the ivories - at 92!
HARRY Berrey's love affair with the piano began when he was a schoolboy. And now, at the age of 92, and virtually blind, he's busy recording CDs . . . not for commercial consideration, you understand, but for the personal enjoyment of himself and his
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Search for defenders
Wigan 27 Saints 18 SPIRITED Saints bounced back from an early 18-point deficit but their comeback was not good enough to prevent them slumping to their fifth loss in six games. After only 25 minutes the travelling fans in the North Stand were covering
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Academy lads triumph in fiery derby
SAINTS' Junior Academy under-18s defeated fierce rivals Wigan Warriors 26-18 in a fiery encounter at Wigan. The goalkicking of stand-off Matty Smith proved decisive in a game that saw three players dismissed. Saints led 26-8 at the break and withstood
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Saints land young Samoan
SAINTS have signed Samoan utility player Gray Viane from Aussie club West Tigers - and the 22-year-old is in line to play against Huddersfield on Friday night. The club confirmed today Viane, a centre or back-rower, has signed a two-year deal and is expected
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Star made my day...
THANK you so much for the tickets to Southport Flower Show. You have made my day! I have retired this summer so the theme of 'Celebrations' is appropriate. I have never been to the flower show and I love gardening, all good reasons to enjoy this gift
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Opportunity didn't knock!
I received a copy of "St Helens First" magazine recently. It contains a full page devoted to Carers, but not a word about the Mayor's Charity Appeal, (which is for Carers this year). What a missed opportunity! I trust that this will be rectified in the
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Bigger issues at stake
IN response to 'Saints at Haydock - not on your nelly!' (Dear Star, August 12) I find P Lever's comments quite offensive. I also take note that I have not seen any letter from this person supporting Stan Robert's campaign to have FULL hospital facilities
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Senior citizens can do without this upheaval
I AM writing to offer support to the residents of Chapel and Argyle Streets in their fight against demolition of their homes. Having been through the same experience many years ago I am well aware of the trauma it causes. As well as this there is also
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Try dodging the perils of Taylor Park!
PERHAPS 'A Concerned Mother' (Route to park's a pedestrian nightmare, Dear Star August 12) would be wiser to take her chances with nightmare traffic conditions in Toll Bar and Prescot Road than to risk the perils of Taylor Park. The local authority allow
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Dead ringer for...
THE Theatre Royal's new season returns like a bat out of hell with The Meat Loaf Story, a rock and rollercoaster ride through the incredible life of one of the world's best known rock stars. Steve Steinman takes the lead role for his fourteenth year as
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Newton gets two-match ban and fine for tackle on Wilkin
WIGAN hooker Terry Newton has been handed a two-match ban for an off-the-ball high tackle on Saints' Jon Wilkin. The young utility player had to leave the field on a stretcher and had a brace placed on his neck following the late tackle in the second-half
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Catnappers snatch four kittens
CATNAPPERS made off with four kittens when they sneaked into a rescue home last Tuesday evening. Susan Hoyle, Manager of St Helens Cats Protection League is desperate for the return of the animals, who are so young that they may not survive without their
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Saints land young Samoan
SAINTS have signed Samoan utility player Gray Viane from Aussie club West Tigers - and the 22-year-old is in line to play against Huddersfield on Friday night. The club confirmed today Viane, a centre or back-rower, has signed a two-year deal and is expected
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Missed opportunity sees P & O drop to third spot
PRESCOT & Odyssey CC, who started the day in joint second place with Whitefield in the Merseyside & Southport Cricket Alliance, suffered a setback in their attempt to move clear from the Roby side. Playing table-toppers NALGO at Alder Road, stand-in
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Pandey takes six
AFTER a late start due to a wet outfield Darren Tyms won the toss for St Helens CC and took first use of the wicket against Formby. Ian Lawless scored a rare 8 off one ball when the fielder, in attempting to prevent an all-run four, only succeeded in
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Steve's master class in vain
THE spectators who turned up at Rainford for the visit of Southport Trinity on Saturday must have rubbed their eyes in disbelief as the cornerstone of many a first team triumph from seasons past attempted to roll back the years one more time. Steve Harrison
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Heath edged out
Thatto Heath Crusaders 18 Wigan St Judes 22 HEATH were just edged out in their National Conference League Premier opener against newly-promoted Wigan St Judes. Both sides started well with defences on top up until the 11th minute when burly Heath prop
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Read all about! Win £50 worth of book tokens
THE end of the summer holidays is approaching and with it, the start of the new academic year arrives. Going back to college is a tough time for students, having to face ever increasing financial pressures. With a long reading list at the beginning of
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Jumbo fun for big babies
FINDING ways to keep youngsters entertained over the summer can be a challenge for mums and dads, but spare a thought for jumbo parents Shaba and Tots at Knowsley Safari Park. Their hyperactive offspring, Ashanti and Nala, were born early last year and
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Raising a racquet
YOUNGSTERS at Newton le Willows Sports Club are celebrating a grand slam after the centre netted a £3,750 cash boost. The money, received from 'Awards For All', is funding new tennis coaching sessions and the sports club are keen to encourage new members
