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Stadium footbridge project to cause road closures
A SERIES of road closures will be in place from tonight at a section of the St Helens Linkway as work to install a footbridge, linking the new Saints stadium with the town centre, gathers pace. St Helens Council has announced that from 9pm Wednesday,
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Mickey sets a 'blistering' pace
A DEDICATED walker was joined by rugby league fans to complete the last leg of his 200-mile cross-country ‘stroll’ for The Steve Prescott Foundation. Mickey Griffiths was joined by 30 people at Warrington’s Halliwell Jones Stadium to complete the last
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Minks are unwelcome killers
WHILST I’ve never been in favour of fur coats, that's probably the best place for the Sankey Valley mink! I was talking recently with one of the rangers along the canal near Warrington as to how these voracious non-native killers of our wildlife are
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What a wonderful ambassador for youth!
TRAVELLING on a number 32 bus from North Road to Moss Bank with my grandaughter bringing her home from school at 3.15pm, the bus appeared to be especialy full. The only seats available where towards the rear of the bus. Upon reaching the seats one youth
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Youngsters on their marks for sports festival
RUGBY league, football and cricket for ‘lads and lasses’, plus break dancing and body zorb, are part of a showcase of events at a Youth Sports Festival on Tuesday, October 25. Organised by St Helens Council’s sports development service, the fun event
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Nearley trolley time at new Tesco
THE countdown has begun to the opening of a giant supermarket that is creating 300 new jobs in St Helens. The Tesco Extra Store, which has been built alongside the new Saints stadium on the redeveloped former United Glass site at Peasley Cross, will
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Gold-plated pensions?
I MUST respond to the Con-Dems’ claim that Public Service employees receive so called ‘gold plated pensions’. Well I, who has been working as a teaching assistant for almost 11 years will receive at age 65 (next year) the princely pension of £1,628.33
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Join the fight to keep our radio truly local
ANYONE who reads the Star and are listeners to "Radio Merseyside" will be sorry to hear about the plans the BBC have for the station, due to proposed "cuts" in their budget. Long-time favourite presenters such as Roger Lyon, Frankie Connor, Spencer Leigh
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My good Samaritans...
COULD I please, through your Star Letters column extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to the following people, who after my son Andrew, who has Cerebral Palsy, tipped his electric wheelchair over. To John on Legh Street, whose garden Andrew’s chair
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Murray backing boxing club
BRITISH and Commonwealth Middleweight champion Martin Murray has thrown his weight behind a local club. Wild Card boxing club have relocated from their gym at the Family Centre in Parr to new facilities at Derbyshire Hill Youth Club. The club is open
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Car speed is so frightening
AFTER reading the article about pedestrians taking their lives into their own hands, I thought I would mention that trying to cross Bishop Road to go into Victoria Park is getting to be a nightmare. My mother who is 93, lives in the flats and when I
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Auditions begin for St Helens' Got Talent
YOUNG entertainers in St Helens are invited to try out for a talent contest with auditions in Billinge. St Helens’ Got Talent is open to singers, dancers, musicians and performers across the borough aged nine to 23 years. The competition
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Storm damage extends library closure
RECENT repairs to a library have been affected by stormy weather - extending its closure to Monday, October 31. Extreme weather conditions on Monday, October 18 caused further water damage to the ceiling at Rainford Library, Church Road. The ceiling
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Three Saints in England 17
JAMES Roby and James Graham will both start for England in Friday's international against France in Avignon. Jon Wilkin has also been named on the bench in a team selected by coach Steve McNamara that includes Castleford's New Zealand-born Rangi Chase
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Stadium footbridge to be installed
AN eye-catching footbridge that links the new Saints stadium to the town centre will be installed in the next few days. The red and white, rugby ball-inspired bridge will cross the St Helens Linkway to provide a walking and cycling route to
