FEW crimes evoke as much outrage and revulsion as paedophilia. To ravage the innocence of a child is to commit the most heinous of violations. In the climate of outrage that exists in society in relation to this issue we frequently witness exasperated
HAVING witnessed the verification of postal vote ballot papers in Blackburn Town Hall I am appalled at the tone of criticism laid against Philip Watson, the Returning officer by the Conservative party (LET, June 6). Mr Watson, Mrs Linda Harling, the senior
DETECTIVES have issued descriptions of two masked men who failed to steal cash during an attempted armed robbery. The raiders burst into Mosley Common post office, near Tyldesley, at 9.45am on Tuesday, brandishing a handgun and sledgehammer. One smashed
CONCERNED council tax payers in Blackburn and Darwen will be aware from your columns of the privatisation and transfer of council services and former council employees to Capita. Anxious residents should be reassured that this London based company is
ST Charles RC of Rishton gained revenge on St Johns with St Augustines for losing out on the Sports Hall Athletics by winning this year's tournament by just two points. St Charles will now represent Hyndburn in the Lancashire Youth Games while last year's
LOCAL football leagues are being advised to write to Burnley Football Club as they step up their quest to get grassroots cup finals back on Turf Moor. Clarets Chief Executive Andrew Watson is inviting league officials to contact him as they look to bring
ST JOHNS with St Augustines Primary School successfully defended their Sports Hall title with another fine display of indoor athletics. The Accrington school finished five points ahead of their closest rivals with 163.5 points in a competition held at
FUN was the name of the game at an annual five-a-side football knockout competition. For while more than 50 teams battled it out to find out who were champions of the small-sided game, a competition to find the wackiest named team was also keenly contested
THE brothers Eccles, Darren and Dean did Darwen damage as Hoghton kept up their championship credentials. The family run machine put together a commanding and almost unbeaten partnership of 134 in this reduced overs contest at Sandy Lane. Hard-hitting
A LOOK at the local cricket scene. JUNE 2 DIVISION ONE Brinscall...150-5 White Coppice...95-2 (rsp) D Frost 54, L Winstanley 34 Feniscowles...106-4 Darwen...103-7 B Officer 36 A Beesley 65 Hoghton...70-0 Newburgh...69 all out Dean Eccles 38no, Darren
TURF FC made Burnley Sunday League history when they became the first club to win the treble. The Divison Two league and cup winners beat the Divison One runners-up, 2-0, to become the first side from a lower division to lift the Towneley Cup in more
ONE of Blackburn's best known solicitors has been charged by police who have been investigating an alleged fake marriages operation based in East Lancashire. Police said Bob Pickles, 66, was arrested and charged late yesterday afternoon by officers running
MORE than 50 jobs are understood to have been lost at wallpaper giant Imperial Home Decor -- less than eight months after 96 workers were axed at the Darwen company. Latest losses would take the total number of redundancies at the plant to more than 250
WOLVES boss Dave Jones is weighing up a move for Blackburn midfielder Jason McAteer. Molineux chief executive Jez Moxey has contacted Rovers about the availability of the Republic of Ireland international. And the player's agent has confirmed he has spoken
YOUR correspondent, Frank Roby, asks why anyone would vote for a millionaire southerner to take the reigns of St Helens, well, the past history of the town is a sorry tale of poor management and opportunism by some MPs. Sir David Gamble, owner of some
POLICE in Burnley are launching their latest weapon in the fight against crime -- a tin of paint and a couple of brushes. Working with housing bosses in Burnley, they are to paint selected homes in Belvedere Road with special anti-vandal paint in a bid
THE demolition of the toilet block at Burnley's Towneley Hall may flush out more clues to its past. The toilets were cleared after bulldozers moved in this week to start £1.5million catalogue of improvements at the museum which will take over a year to
A RAIDER who struck at a driving school was suffering from mental health problems, Burnley Magistrates heard. The court was told how Andrew McCafferty Connelly, 43, was found with stolen property at his home, where the electricity meter was found to have
HOPEFULLY refreshed after a brief holiday, second-placed Saints face a daunting trip to Belle Vue, Wakefield, on Sunday, kick-off 3.30pm. Coach Ian Millward and his high-flying squad are due back at Knowsley Road this morning (Thursday), and a fitness
DARREN Britt, the Canterbury Bulldogs captain and Australian Test prop, has signed a two year agreement with Saints. Britt is joining Saints at the end of the season after 220 first grade games in Australia with Western Suburbs (1988-94) and then Canterbury
THE following duty chemists will be available for dispensing services on Sunday, June 17, between noon and 1pm (unless stated otherwise): Moss Chemists, The Health Centre, Old Colliery Road, Whiston; Taylor's Chemist, 191 West End Road, Haydock (10am
WITH the cricketing season now well upon us, Derek Smith of Earlestown has been puzzling over the origins of 'stumping up' as in making a payment. Does it, he wonders, have anything to do with the bat and ball game; or has it another, more obscure origin
WE'VE got half an answer to Clock Face history buff Janet Feeney's two-part puzzler (May 17) regarding the precise birthplaces of authors Joseph Stamper and Sue Dyson. John E. Fairhurst of Clipsley Crescent, Haydock, says that Stamper was born at 25 Hamer
AVAST, me hearties! I've a dark yarn to relate of smuggling and its likely connection with an ancient St Helens glass bottle factory. Or, to be more precise, my old chum Kevin Heneghan has kindly researched this tale of the unexpected, after spotting
HOUSING bosses in Blackburn and Burnley blasted an attempt by Westminster City Council to offload its homelessness problem on to them for £400 per person. Westminster has identified 540 families and people in temporary accommodation and targeted 60 councils
A PUB is to go ahead with a controversial cheap-drinks night, despite pleas from the police to reconsider. Churchill's, Accrington, plan to tell customers: "Drink as much as you can for £10" tomorrow. Managers of the Cannon Street venue say it is their
ALICIA Barnes waded in when police arrested her husband during a disturbance outside a Clitheroe pub. Blackburn magistrates heard that she kicked an officer in the knee and punched and kicked him after he fell over. And a female officer who came to his
BAKERS Warburtons has introduced a new slice of technology with their first interactive consumer website. The easy-to- use site provides useful and relevant information covering every aspect of bread. There are hints and tips on how to maintain the freshness
THE master did his best to hand out a lesson to the apprentices but in the end even a polished 73 from Read professional Akram Raza wasn't enough to prevent the Rashid Latif Academy from getting their English tour off to a winning start at Great Harwood
BUDDING RL stars of the Pilkington Recs under-11s have held their presentation evening. Award winners were as follows -- Most improved: Ste Keane, Sam Hughes and Jaques Gill; Top try scorer: Tom Connick; Top tackler: Scott Pennington; Clubman: Jon Phillips
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has offered striker Gareth Taylor a three-year contract in his bid to lure the player to Turf Moor on a permanent basis. And the indications are that the Manchester City front man will put pen to paper when he returns from holiday
ORGANISATIONS involved with business, training and education have been invited to help shape the future of learning in Lancashire. The Lancashire Learning and Skills Council -- the new organisation responsible for all post-16 education and training --
BLACKBURN-based recruitment specialists Henry Court was signed up by the Ministry of Defence to supply the workers to create two unique naval training bases. The £8 million world-beating project -- featured on BBC's Tomorrow's World -- will teach the
ST HELENS' newest school, the £2.3 million Eccleston and Windle Bleak Hill Primary, opened its doors to its 500-plus pupils yesterday (Wednesday, June 13). The high-tech school was one of the first in the country to be built by a local authority working
RAINFORD Band have been confirmed as North West Counties Brass Band Association Third Section champions and will now be promoted to the Second Section. The news comes after a string of victories at contests in the North West, including Fleetwood, Tameside
A DELIGHTED Dave Watts successfully defended St Helens North but admitted that he was concerned by the depressingly low turn out of voters. Labour secured the seat with a majority of 15,901, but this was 7,516 fewer than in 1997. Speaking to the Star
BURY are poised to snap up Stoke striker Dean Crowe as soon as the Gigg Lane takeover is sorted out. Crowe became a hit with the fans when he spent two loan spells at the club last year. Not only did he score goals but his energetic performances lifted
BIFFA Waste Services is about to begin the final stages of restoring its landfill site at Holiday Moss, Rainford. But the work will require additional lorry trips for a limited period. The news will be welcomed by villagers who for many years raised complaints
SAINTS have teamed up with Merseyside Fire Service to help tackle home safety across St Helens. The treble winners are supporting a life-saving campaign which aims to give every home in the borough a free safety check over the next five years, including
CHRIS Steele has been in training for almost a year... and his dedication has paid off. For Chris has landed a job at the new B&Q Warehouse, thanks to the New Deal programme from St Helens Chamber. Chris, from Parr who is 25, now works as a Warehouse
A MUCH-needed network of local support groups has been set up for carers in St Helens following a successful partnership between the Carers National Association (CNA) and local NHS groups. Nationally, it is estimated that one in five people cares for
FOLLOWING an eventful election campaign, which saw St Helens thrust into the national spotlight after the controversial selection of former Tory Shaun Woodward as the Labour candidate for St Helens South, the town hall played host to a veritable media
WHILE Jeffery Archer faces the courts in his own personal trial, auditions are being held for one of his plays Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Waterfoot. There will be a play reading and casting night at the Millennium Theatre in Burnley Road East on June
VILLAGERS have until tomorrow to make their views known on an amendment to a controversial planning application for Irwell Springs in Weir. The planning application for a 42-house estate on the former mill site off Heald Lane sparked residents to form
PLANS to build new soccer pitches on a rundown Blackburn estate have been unveiled. Aberdeen-based firm GM Project Management has submitted plans for a Shadsworth Playing fields, Shadsworth Road. If Blackburn with Darwen Council planning and highways
NEWLY qualified biker Michaela Fogarty went full throttle on two wheels to support today's national Ride To Work Day. The wife of four times world superbike champion Carl Fogarty and shareholder at Blackburn-based CCM Motorcycles Limited made the most
CAMPAIGNERS to bring regional government to the North-West came to Westminster today to step up pressure on Tony Blair to act -- and then split over whether any new assembly should raise its own income tax. The Campaign for the English Regions held a
A SINGLE mother plans to take legal action after plaster fell from a window on to her 10-month-old baby as she bathed him. This came a day after Miss Paula Batty, 18, of Douglas Place, Blackburn, said she had informed her landlord, Twin Valley Homes,
THE church wasn't big enough to hold the congregation at Roger Hargreaves' funeral on Monday. Three hundred people, including around 50 Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers, were there to pay their respects to the popular 54-year-old Nelson athlete who was killed
FENISCOWLES beat East Lancs in a very tight match 5-4 in the quarter-finals of the Open Division One Knockout of the Slazenger East Lancs Lawn tennis League. Sunnyhurst A had an excellent win over Northern B winning 6-3 and Burnley A completed the semi-final
BLACKBURN Road Runners are extending an invitation to all athletes to attend a talk by Dennis Quinlan, Senior GB and UK Athletics Coach in Fell and Mountain Running. Quinlan has coached athletes of the highest calibre including Richard Neurerker and Sarah
ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley today expressed his disappointment at the decision to block proposals for a fairer system of promotion between the Nationwide Conference and the Football League. Conference clubs had presented plans for a two-up
PAUL Dwyer is on course to win his first European Tour card. The 27-year-old professional, who is attached to Clitheroe, lies 15th on the European Challenge Tour after eight events. He began the 10th event, the Galeria Kaufkof Pokal Challenge in Germany
MICHAEL Hunt powered 'Tiger-style' through the Harold Ryden Trophy final in one of the most phenomenal matches in the competition's 30-year history. The 22-year-old beat Nelson's Craig Fort on the 16th to lift the Lancashire Evening Telegraph sponsored
IDENTICAL twins Liam and Rob Barton achieved identical results -- first places -- in their last Lancashire Schools Championships. This time next year the St Mary's College pupils will be in America after earning scholarships to the Alabama State University
EARLESTOWN'S good start to the season continued when Hindley were this week's visitors. The toss was won by the Wiganers, who elected to bowl. After losing G Davison early, J. Allan (32) and F. Suriya (12) steadied the innings before losing the young
PRESCOT & Odyssey CC and local rivals Sutton played out a dull draw at Burrows Lane on Saturday. Batting first, P&O lost early wickets to the Sutton attack as a slow run rate was matched by the visitors' over rate. Eventually the home side struggled
ST HELENS Recs 1st XI secured their fifth win of the season with their four wicket triumph at home to local rivals Newton on Saturday. The visitors won the toss and put the home side in to bat on a damp wicket and this seemed to be a good decision as,
ST HELENS Sutton AC's track league programme seems to get busier with members taking part in two more matches. The club hosted the latest round in the Cheshire League at Sutton Leisure Centre and there were good performances in a number of age groups.
BLOOD donor sessions will be held at the Wesley Methodist Church Hall, Vincent Street, St Helens on Monday, June 18 from 2 to 4pm and from 5.30 to 7.30pm.
FIRE crews were called to a house in Park Road South, Newton, at about 9pm on Friday, after a chip pan caught fire in the kitchen. A 63-year-old woman was treated after breathing in smoke.
A WOMAN had a lucky escape when her car left the road and ended up in a field near to the Crank turn-off of the Rainford bypass shortly before 9am on Thursday, June 7. The front of the vehicle was severely damaged and the female driver was taken to Whiston
MRS Lynda Lewis from Garswood was this week's lucky £2,000 jackpot prize winner in the Willowbrook Hospice Lottery draw. Other major pirzewinners were Mrs G. Thompson, Knowsley Village (£200); Mrs Elizabeth Moore, Moss Bank (£125); Mrs A. Williams, Blackbrook
THE St Helens Coalition of Disabled People are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, committed people who can help those with physical/sensory and learning disabilities. Volunteer activities are varied from spending a couple of hours a week with someone
TOWNSFOLK who give their time to offer a helping hand in St Helens schools are being invited to the sixth annual conference for parent volunteers. Being staged at the town-centre Hilton Hotel on Thursday, June 21, the popular conference gives educationalists
ESTHER Rantzen dropped into St Helens last Thursday to lend her support to ex-TV and charity colleague Shaun Woodward, in his bid for St Helens South. The star, who was in the North West to set up a local branch of her charity, Childline, made a detour
Haslingden Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Manchester Road Methodist Church, Haslingden, 6.30pm-9.30pm. Until June 16. Craftsmen 'At Work': handspinning, hand made cards, paintings, Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, 11am-4.30pm. The Tommy Smith
IN response to Horses v dogs (Letters, June 11), I wonder if Mr Holden had ever heard of the old woman's tale of putting horse muck into your clogs to make you grow We were told that as children, after all it was a well known thing to be out with bucket
THANK you for establishing a Rossendale page in your newspaper. The reports are very informative and it puts more of a spotlight on the valley. I am also pleased that you have also decided to include Ramsbottom news in this section. Ramsbottom is a town
A POPULAR Leigh beauty spot has been ruled out of bounds for bathers and pets due to an outbreak of poisonous blue-green algae. Notices have been erected around the area warning the public of the dangers of the algae. Contact with it can cause eye irritation
A LOOK at the local amateur cricket league A DIVISION NQ...148-7 Audley...151-4 Tariq 82 Y Nagdee 47, M Patel 44 Nabipur...171-5 Little Harwood...158 Usman 7, Ilyas 55 Younis 45 Western...48 Brookhouse...51-3 S Patel 7-11 B DIVISION Mill Hill...104-7
THE little stars at Rossendale Valley are attracting the big clubs after winning their own inaugural five-a-side football competition. Manchester United sent scouts to keep an eye on the budding Beckhams after the Valley boys turned on the style in a
MID-tableWanderers caused the shock of the week in Division Two when they convincingly beat title contenders Caprice Apparel 4-1. Jimmy Hamill turned in a man-of-the-match performance as second-placed Sapphire Windows beat Princess Trust. In Divivision
WELSH international prop Dave Whittle has been cleared to play in Leigh Centurions' NFP Top Four showdown at Rochdale on Sunday. Whittle was found guilty of use of the elbow in the Trans-Pennine Final at Keighley two weeks ago but while disciplinary chiefs
I WRITE in reply to the letter the Riggle of Miggle (Dear Star, April 19), because I prefer Rudyard Kiplings Explanation for the linguistic phenomenon which also explains why people are so parochial and protective of their home town. God gave all men
I AM writing in response to the letter by Mr K Ellis entitled 'What Happens To Our Community'? (Dear Star, May 24). While I agree with everything that Mr Ellis says regarding the effect that the closure of Parr High would have on the community of Parr
A DISTRAUGHT mum-of-two has told the Star of her anguish after discovering her 16-week-old baby had allegedly been given a mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine by mistake. Joanne Hopwood (29), who lives in Birch Crescent, Newton, with her husband
THE demolition of the toilet block at Burnley's Towneley Hall may flush out more clues to the historic hall's past. The toilets were cleared after bulldozers moved onto the site this week -- the start of the £1.5million improvements at the museum which
A TEACHER who travels to Settle and Clitheroe to visit students is alarmed that disinfectant troughs for vehicles have been empty on six out of his last seven journeys. Graham Ramsey said he was concerned that the lack of disinfectant could lead to the
Saints 22 London Broncos 14 THE belief that Saints' ground has been no place for the faint-hearted this season rang true yet again at Knowsley Road on Friday. Second-placed Saints staged yet another late rescue act with two brilliant tries by skipper
Biggest single money-maker will be new hotel £1.2 million is needed from land sales to meet the cost of the council's building and improvements budget. THE sale of publicly-owned land in Pendle should rake in £1.2million to council coffers this year,
BARNOLDSWICK and Earby could be in line for a major cash injection to help regeneration. Barnoldswick has got through the first round in a process that could lead to between £500,000 and £1.5m being secured to provide a wide range of improvements. Barnoldswick
I'VE been very pleasantly inundated with response to a query from reader K. Bloomfield (May 24) who wondered if anyone could remember when Pilkingtons had a works theatre for music and drama, and could confirm that, before then, the building had been
A FORMER industrial building is set to become a council's new home. Hyndburn Council is move into offices at Scaitcliffe House, Ormerod Street, Accrington, after the owners of its existing offices in Eagle Street put them up for sale. The council offered
A ROUND-UP of the junior leagues UNDER 15 Edenfield...87-5 Cherry Tree...63-6 M Wesolowski 31no, T Undre 3-18 UNDER 18 Cherry Tree...50-7 Blackburn Northern...50-1 K Hamilton 2-8, A Woolley 2-6 Ribblesdale Wdrs...64-6 Clitheroe...63 R Lloyd 29no, S Trotter
AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled to rejuvenate a Ribble Valley town with a new swimming pool, civic hall, market and traffic system . Longridge Action Plan, which has taken two years to formulate, has the backing of Ribble Valley Borough Council --
IF you had the 'time of your life' when you first watched Dirty Dancing and remember cringing at the love scenes while watching with your parents, then you are not alone. It was one of the most popular influential and memorable movies of the 1980s and
MOST will agree that friendships forged at school and college are some of the strongest you will ever make. In the years beyond the sandpit or the college bar, many of us quickly lose touch with our contemporaries and the memories fade with them. I have
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent has offered striker Gareth Taylor a three-year contract in his bid to lure the player to Turf Moor on a permanent basis. And the indications are that the Manchester City front man will put pen to paper when he returns from holiday
TEENAGE paceman Kyle Hogg made an impressive Lancashire debut after Joe Scuderi had suffered a real scare in Durham yesterday. Scuderi was taken to hospital suffering from pains in his chest and pins and needles in his arm. "It was worrying but thankfully
ST HELENS racing cyclist Andy Tinsley notched up his best ride for some time when he snatched second spot in the hotly-contested North West Divisional championships in Delamere. Andy who was one of the country's leading elite riders before a freak holiday
CALLING all bowlers! It's time to get your entries in for one of the most popular and prestigious events on the local crown green bowling calendar. The St Helens Star Masters tournament is being re-launched this year and it promises to be bigger and better
ST HELENS secured an impressive victory away at Fleetwood Hesketh on Saturday. The home side had posted a score of 209-8 in 59 overs with Steve Kenny the pick of the bowlers with fove for 62. Gary Sheppard grabbed a brace of wickets with Adam Friar taking
WOLVES boss Dave Jones is weighing up a move for Blackburn midfielder Jason McAteer. Molineux chief executive Jez Moxey has contacted Rovers about the availability of the Republic of Ireland international. And the player's agent has confirmed he has spoken
AN ENSEMBLE who first hit top note a generation ago has taken another jaunty step along the sometimes rocky road to musical fame. For St Helens Concert Band were handed the ultimate accolade when they were invited to appear with other massed bands at
TALKING in the aftermath of his election victory, Shaun Woodward spoke to the Star about his personal plans and his vision for the area as new Labour MP for St Helens South. He said: "First of all I would like to thank the people of St Helens for voting
MORE than 50 jobs are understood to have been lost at wallpaper giant Imperial Home Decor -- less than eight months after 96 workers were axed at the Darwen company. Latest losses would take the total number of redundancies at the plant to more than 250
FAMILY and friends of Jim Rivett and Julie Cornford were in for a shock when they returned from a short-trip to Scotland as Mr and Mrs! The couple have been together for 15 years and Julie said she would have broken down at the altar if she had organised
BRAVE mayor David Easton was first in the queue to try out bungee-jumping - without the rope! The daredevil Councillor and County Councillor used the skydive to raise money for Stacksteads Riverside Park Group and said afterwards: "Some people said it
AN 18-year-old youth has appeared in court charged with violent disorder following an incident on a Blackburn with Darwen Transport bus in March. Najam Subhani Akhtar, of Nottingham Street, Blackburn, was remanded on bail until July 4 by Blackburn magistrates
ECO-friendly householders can look forward to improved composting and recycling facilities. The news comes after Lancashire County Council signed up to a strategy that makes sure they recycle and compost as much of the county's rubbish as possible. The
UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen throughout East Lancashire to its lowest level for more than 20 years, according to new Government statistics. Blackburn with Darwen, with 2,895 people out of work, had the highest unemployment rate, joining Pendle as the only
ONE of Blackburn's best known solicitors has been charged by police who have been investigating an alleged fake marriages operation based in East Lancashire. Police said Bob Pickles, 66, was arrested and charged late yesterday afternoon by officers running
SUPPORTERS of Blackburn Rovers and Burnley will battle it out for a new trophy at Great Harwood golf club this weekend. The final round of the Friends of Heart of Lancashire Charity Shield final will be played on Saturday. Each match is a foursomes game
AFTER six weeks of the 2001 cycling season Fraser Snape, of Read, is undisputed leader of the Edisford time-trial league having scored 59 points from a possible 60. He was winner of last week's event with a time of 18mins 45secs for the 7.7 miles and
ON Saturday Eccleston slipped to a nine run defeat away to Goodlass after seeming to have the game in the bag. Batting first, Goodlass were bowled out for 114, thanks to some devastating bowling by John Parry (4-18), well supported by Andy Elliott (3-
CLUB records tumbled on Saturday as Rainford's 'wizard of the willow' Andrew Robinson was on fire in their fixture at Winstanley Park. The young Aussie, celebrating his 20th birthday, smashed an unbeaten 204 as his side declared after only 44 overs on
HAYDOCK First XI made the short trip to Norley Hall on Saturday but failed to overcome the new league leaders. Winning the toss, skipper Matthews elected to bat and they soon lost opener Craig Sackfield for one. Shaun Lathom continued his recent good
RAINHILL 1st XI recorded an excellent home victory against reigning champions Wavertree. Wavertree were asked to bat on a damp wicket and came up against Rainhill's new opening attack of debutant Steve Jordan and the fit-again Paul Robinson. The latter
FIRST and second round matches in The £7,000 Hamlet Bowling Championship at the Carr Mill Hotel continue this week with play on Sunday and Monday, June 17 and 18. Fixtures -- Sunday, June 17 (1pm start): G. Glover (Rainford) v J. Taylor (Warrington),
ARROWS aces from across the area gave the St Helens Star Open Individual Darts Championship a flying start at Chapel End Labour Club, Billinge on Sunday. There were some outstanding individual performances with no fewer than six players hitting 180 in
FLAMING June might not have got off to a fiery start weather-wise, but there is certainly no shortage of red-hot entertainment to choose from! There's a chance to enjoy the very best of our home-grown talent this weekend when the Star's very own 'Young
AFTER a successful grant from The Coalfield Regeneration Trust, Age Concern St Helens, are looking to recruit the necessary staff to get their Information and Advice service up and running. For more information, telephone 01744 752644.
AGE Concern St Helens are seeking volunteers to join their fund-raising group which meets once a month. If you have good ideas, enjoy having fun and can work as part of a team, they would like to hear from you. More information from Andy Perry on 01744
STAFF at Allanson Street County Primary School in Parr are looking for volunteers to help run their school library. The school would like to hear from anyone who can offer a few hours a week to keep the library open for the children. For more information
BRAVE youngster Robert Hughes has raised £400 for two worthy causes after completing a sponsored 20-mile bike ride -- despite barely being able to walk. The plucky 10-year-old from Blackbrook has spent six months in a wheelchair following surgery to correct
MERSEYTRAVEL'S Rail Committee has approved a scheme to buy the former Motorail terminal to provide parking for 65 vehicles at Newton-le-Willows railway station. The decision is great news for local residents who have been pressing continually for a car
A 113-YEAR-OLD woman in Bury was reported to have been officially verified as the world's oldest living person today. But researchers were understood to be still checking whether two other women in Japan and the USA were older. Amy Isabel Hulmes, who
