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PRIDE OF ST HELENS 2022: Pride of Place shortlist
HERE are our three Pride of Place nominees ahead of the Pride of St Helens awards taking place on Friday, November 18. You voted, the judges counted and here are our shortlisted nominees for the Pride of Place Award. Ahead of the awards next
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England suffer golden point heartbreak against Samoa in the World Cup semi
ENGLAND have suffered a 27-26 golden-point defeat to Samoa in their World Cup semi-final at the Emirates Stadium. They had twice battled back to level matters, with a nerveless Tommy Makinson converting a late Herbie Farnworth try to tie it up
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Pensioner 'last seen at bus stop' missing from St Helens
A MAN is missing from St Helens. Jack Shurst, 78, was last seen at St Helens bus station on Corporation Street this afternoon at around 1.45pm. Merseyside Police said "extensive enquiries" are ongoing to find him. Jack is 5ft 6in tall,
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Family-run cafe transforms into Winter Wonderland set
A CAFE in St Helens is already in the festive spirit as its welcomes customers to a 'Winter Wonderland' set. Park Road Cafe has recently become known for going all out with seasonal decorations, with their previous Autumn-themed decor receiving
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PRIDE OF ST HELENS 2022: Child of Courage Award shortlist
HERE are our two Child of Courage nominees ahead of the Pride of St Helens awards taking place on Friday, November 18. You voted, the judges counted and here are our two shortlisted nominees for the Child of Courage Awards. Ahead of the awards
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Hundreds of thousands struggle to secure tickets to Peter Kay’s comeback tour
PETER Kay fans faced huge online queues as they attempted to secure tickets for his first tour in 12 years. Many reported seeing messages on the Ticketmaster website telling them there were more than 200,000 people ahead of them in the virtual
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Suspect who ‘ran over officer’ stopped by police after 100-mile M6 police chase
A SUSPECT has been arrested after reportedly ‘running over a police officer’ and leading police on a 100-mile pursuit this morning, Saturday. The incident is alleged to have occurred in the Blackpool area, with police chasing a car for more than
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Q&A: New Haydock Park manager talks dream job and ambitions for future
HAYDOCK Park welcomed a new general manager of the racecourse in the summer. With one of the biggest dates in Haydock's calendar - the Betfair Chase - on the horizon, Molly Dingwall spoke to us about landing her dream job, her ambitions for the
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Pride of St Helens Awards 2022 - see shortlist ahead of next week's ceremony
THE Pride of St Helens Awards 2022 – sponsored by the Mikhail Hotel and Leisure Group - will take place on Friday, November 18 - and the shortlist of nominees has been revealed. Once again your St Helens Star and the Steve Prescott Foundation are
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Good beer and conversation - the Prescot alehouse that's fit for the Bard
IN the latest of our Beer Hunter series we take a short walk across the town’s border and into Prescot and The Bard, on the corner of the High Steet. The town’s first micropub is a friendly one-room boozer based in a former newsagents store.
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Meet the salon owner making waves in the hair and beauty industry
ST HELENS is full of hair and beauty salons transforming, treating and pampering their customers so they shine from head to toe with a new-found confidence. Our new feature – Meet The Salon Owner – gives business owners and managers the chance
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The St Helens business showing all the signs of success
FROM Portugal to Sao Paulo and back to St Helens, Vinyline Signs and Graphics has customers all over the world. Currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, the family-owned third generation business knows what works and what doesn’t when it comes
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Meeting the Princess of Wales was a dream come true for volunteers
St Helens resident John Paul Derbyshire had the experience of a lifetime last weekend when he met HRH The Princess of Wales. The Princess celebrated the impact of people supported by the social care charity Community Integrated Care who have shared
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£2.9 million expected to be cut from St Helens' schools next year
MORE than £2.9 million is set to be cut from primary schools in St Helens, new data shows. Ahead of the government's autumn budget next week, 90% of English schools are facing huge funding cuts for the next academic year. Analysing data from
