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Kings of swing roll in
CULTURE vultures of all ages are in for a real treat over the coming months as Warrington Pyramid and Parr Hall embark on their new season of events. Music fans can get in the swing of things with acts such as The Drifters, Kings of Swing, Reelin' and
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Ferrell weighs in the laughs
THE intrepid reporters of Team 4 go all out to bring you the news so you don't have to do it yourself, in the hilarious new comedy 'Anchorman- The Legend of Ron Burgundy'. Will Ferrell (Elf, Old School) stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in
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Thato Heath juniors
Thatto Heath Crusaders U15s 16 Chorley 48 Tries: Dave Sutton, James Atkinson and Anthony Noonan. Goals: Shaun Forber (2) Crusaders U15s are looking to strengthen their squad for their first season in the premier division. Any new players are very welcome
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Blackbrook U18 16 Parkside Golborne 0
THIS was a satisfying opening day performance as Brook started the defence of their league title. Playing with the elements brook established a 16-0 half time lead with tries from Ian Gwilliam, Sam Thompson and Chris Canning with two Canning conversions
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Shattering end!
FOR the best part of a century, a tall, carved stone pulpit, refined by a series of short decorative columns in various hues of marble, graced a small parish church. A succession of vicars, reaching back to the early 1900s, climbed up its steps to deliver
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Saints let it slip - Saints 19 Leeds 25
SAINTS now have it all to do after throwing away a golden opportunity to nail down fourth spot and a home tie in the play-offs following their mid second half lapse which handed an unlikely victory to the visitors. After dominating the game for the best
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Wilkin's words
As a child on my tenth birthday I received '101 great rugby league tries' on video, and I have vague recollections of watching Saints centre Mal Meninga bursting down the left hand flank. Almost single-handed, Big Mal destroyed Hull K.R in that 1985 Premiership
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Clubbing together
COME Together Weekender, the indoor festival designed to bring like-minded party animals together, hits Pontins Holiday Centre in Southport this November for a weekend of big name DJs, debauchery and top tunes. This 3 day party extravaganza has been put
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Masked men snatch cash box
A MASKED gang snatched a cash box from a security guard making a delivery at a shop. The guard was dropping the cash at the McColls General Store, Four Acre Lane, Clock Face, when four men wearing dark balaclavas or ski masks pulled up alongside in a
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St Helens Combination
ST HELENS Combination clubs just about held on in the LCFA Cup Competitions First Round ties at the weekend. In the Junior Cup Competition, with the Dragon and the Stars having first round byes, The Carr's Hotel went out 2-3 at home to Old Xaverians in
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Warrington & District Football League
THERE was a deluge of goals to mark the second Saturday of the new season with Windle Labour Club being on the receiving end of 14 of those at Appleton Arms. There was also a seven goal thriller at Penlake, the home side grabbing a late winner. Penlake's
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Big weekend for town gymnasts
THE successful St Helens Rhythmic Gymnastic Club, established over 20 years ago, have a massive competition over the weekend at Wigan. This competition will be their first ever international and will be a great opportunity to see the top British gymnasts
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Wilkin's words
As a child on my tenth birthday I received '101 great rugby league tries' on video, and I have vague recollections of watching Saints centre Mal Meninga bursting down the left hand flank. Almost single-handed, Big Mal destroyed Hull K.R in that 1985 Premiership
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Haydock gears up for action
THIS weekend Truckfest at Haydock Park will be right up the street of TV fans, with a host of Corrie stars lined up to appear. Visitors to the Goodyear exhibition at the event on 18 and 19 September will have the chance to pose for photos and get autographs
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Drama festival strides ahead
WICKED Fish theatre company present a monumental three day Disability Arts festival at The Citadel this week. The event, on 16, 17 and 18 September coincides will be the first time that three Disability Theatre companies have played consecutive days at
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Youngsters go the whole hog
THERE were fun and games when St Helens Council hosted a 'piggy party' to promote the serious issue of family learning. Families from across the Borough joined in the event at the Central Library, Victoria Square, St Helens. Jimbo the Clown was one of
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Classic comedy remembered
FRANKIE Howerd, Max Miller and Arthur Askey are just some of the comedy greats to take us not just for a walk, but a laugh down Memory Lane, on the new double CD release 'Just For Laughs'. Impossible to name every artist on this 50 strong collection of
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Paws for applause
'CATS', the world's most successful and longest running musical, lands at the Liverpool Empire Theatre this week for a limited season until 30 September. Since leaving its West End home, after 21 record-breaking years, 'Cats' has proved to be as popular
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Junior rugby round-up
Hindley U9 32 Haresfinch Hawks 16 Tries: Matthew Duggan (3) and David Gaskell. Clock Face Rangers u9s 16 Moorfield 24 Clock's tries: Callum Cresser (2), Rob Hamon and Adam Costello. Moss Bank U13s 14 Oldham St Anne's 16 Moss Bank tries: Leon Hand 2 and
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Recs make a solid start to season
Pilkington Recs U18s 22 Eccles and Salford 10 RECS started the new season with a solid defensive performance against a strong running Eccles team. In the first half Pilks came up with a number of mistakes in their own half and had to soak up a lot of
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This plea is jonnuck!
WHEN Wilf Simm moved to live in the Isle of Man, following his marriage more than half a century ago, he took over with him an old dialect expression which has remained a puzzle to him ever since. The word is jonnuck and 79-year-old Wilf picked this up
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Pictorial reminder of Alice's wonderland
IT was known locally as the Old Curiosity Shop . . . a side-street store where Alice Collins sold everything from a thimble to a lawn mower, from safety pins to exotic ballroom gowns encrusted with spangles. It's closed down now, although there's lingering
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Dawn of Burgy Banks
HUGE industrial spoil heaps, known as the Burgy Banks, form just about the biggest blot on the St Helens landscape. Yet it all seemed innocuous enough when the Pilkington glass company decided to erect overhead pipework across an open expanse of the Islands
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Millward weighs up his options
LAST Friday's defeat against Leeds, which allowed rivals Wigan to leap-frog Saints in the table, may shape Ian Millward's selection policy ahead of Friday night's game at Odsal (kick-off 8pm) The battle for fourth place is now out of Saints' hands, because
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Long wait over
SAINTS scrum half Sean Long makes his long-awaited return from suspension on Friday night at the place where all his troubles began - and he was quick to point out he won't be placing any bets! Long, banned for three months for backing Bradford to beat
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Was UFO that early spy plane.
READING the Star article about the UFO buzzing Bold (Spooky St Helens on www.thisissthelens.co.uk) interested me, as I also saw a 'UFO' about this time above Sherdley Park. This sighting was also recorded by two traffic police. This shape was dark and
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How about this for a compromise then Stan?
WELL! Well! Well! I see that Stan Roberts and his fan club don't like their own medicine (Dear Star). The main point of my letter was to air the views of the majority of Saints fans who want Saints to stay in St Helens. As for hospitals, at no point did
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Have they thought what the stress must be like for the folks in Chapel Street?
READING the ongoing letters about the planned demolition of Chapel Street and Argyll Street, it occurs to me how stressful this must be for the residents who live there. Many of the residents are retired and have health problems, and it seems very unfair
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What do you suggest?
ALTHOUGH I can understand why the residents of this estate would not want flats to go on this site as it would disturb traffic levels, what do they suggest is done here? (New fight to halt flats, Star August 19). Quoting the local resident Donna Austin
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Three near-misses in just 15 minutes
DRIVING into town early on Saturday morning to drop my wife off at the station, we had to steer around the debris from an accident which looked as though someone had emerged from a petrol station exit and been smacked by a car on the main road. Going
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The crying games
COULD any reader tell me why every time a British competitor in Athens either won something or failed to win something, they broke down in tears? Stiff upper lip (via e-mail)
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Why were we not told sooner about scrapped painting course?
I AM appalled at the way both students and tutors have been treated by the Community Education Department at St Helens and staggered by its attitude. In mid-July we stood in a long, hot queue to enrol for our various courses. This is par for the course
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City gives unsigned stars chance to shine
OVER 500 acts, including some of the hottest unsigned talent in the North West, are set to perform at this year's In The City event in Manchester. Glasswerk and Vman Events present one of the biggest fringe events this year as part of In The City Unsigned
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Postie has his car and mailbag nicked
A POSTMAN had his car and mailbag stolen while on his rounds on Tuesday morning. The postie had been driving the maroon Ford Galaxy short distances in Rainhill then stopping to deliver mail. At about 11.45am on View Road, Rainhill, a crook jumped in the
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Ticket to a safer night out
SPECIAL night buses are to be piloted for three months in St Helens town centre as part of a campaign to curb disorder among revellers. St Helens Council has officially confirmed that from Saturday, September 25, the buses will run at half hour intervals
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Police seek witnesses to fatal crash
A 29-YEAR-OLD man died when the car he was driving smashed into a gatepost during the early hours of Saturday morning. Andrew Critchley, of Rodney Street, Newtown, was killed when his red Rover Metro veered off Washway Lane, Haresfinch, and hit the post
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See you in hell
WE'LL see you in hell... the chilling words of two cowardly bullies during a terror attack on a seven-year-old boy which left him with two breaks to his wrist. Lewis Burgess had been cycling in Recreation Park, near Boundary Road, when two youths, described
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Town go through despite conditions
Murton 0 St Helens Town 2 FACING north east opposition for the third time in a fortnight, Town made progress in the FA Vase at the expense of Wearside based Murton of the Northern Alliance league. Murton play a grade below Town's North West Counties status
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Forshaw impresses as Brook ease through to next round of the cup
Langworthy 8 Blackbrook 38 BROOK overcame a dogged Langworthy side to progress to the second round of the Lancashire Cup. Langworthy had first use of the considerable slope and strong wind and restricted the visitors to a six-point advantage at the interval
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Artwork inspired by Egyptian treasures
RAINFORD Gallery present their latest exhibition featuring work by Warrington artist Peter Oakley. 'Remains of the Day' includes paintings, prints, drawings and murals rooted in German expressionism, predominantly non-figurative. Much of Peter's work
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Smashing the sound barrier
SOME of the region's best young singers have joined forces for an unusual evening of entertainment, when they will attempt to crack the legend that the human voice alone really can shatter glass. Alison Jones (alto), Chris Liston (tenor), Martin O'Boyle
