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Dim Sum delight at Savoy
FOR years it was seen as the town’s white elephant, an unoccupied building with proposals for the site never seeing the light of day. But now, the Savoy building on Bridge Street has been turned into a plush Chinese restaurant following a £1.1million
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Wear it Pink day
ST HELENS Council has joined forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its Wear it Pink event. This Friday local schools, colleges and businesses are encouraged to don an item of pink in support of the charity, and to each donate £2 to
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Skull is mass killer Fred's not Ned's
A SKULL initially thought to be that of notorious outlaw Ned Kelly is likely to belong to a brutal mass murderer who once lived in Rainhill, say scientists. After extensive forensic tests, experts have ruled out the skull being Ned Kelly’s, They believe
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Kay strides out for Bridge Centre children
DISABLED pre-school children have been given a welcome boost thanks to the gritty efforts of a marathon runner. Kay Fisher tackled the 26-mile Edinburgh route raising nearly £800 for the Bridge Centre, a base for the early years section of
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Take a ghostly walk in the park
THE spooks are out in force early next month, when St Helens Rangers go all ghoulish in Sherdley Park for this year’s Fright Night spectacular. The Hallowe’en themed event – on Tuesday, November 1, from 5.30pm to 9.15pm – features stalls, disco and ghostly
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Stirring stuff at World of Glass
SOMETHING’S brewing down at The World of Glass. The team at one of the north west’s top tourist attractions is full of beans as they prepare to host the venue’s first World’s Biggest Coffee Morning next Wednesday, October 26 for Macmillan Cancer Support
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Don seeks family of St Helens war hero
AN historian is appealing for help from Star readers in his search for the family of a St Helens war hero. Don Dykes is researching 792 war graves in Brittany. He is trying to trace relatives of ordnance artificer John Connolly, who died on October
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Rachel's tall tale
A LOCAL giant who grew to a height of nine feet three inches has inspired a budding author to write a children’s book. Rachel Lyon sent her story about John Middleton, the Childe of Hale to a publisher and was signed up straightaway. Her rhyming picture
