Delivering important advice for van drivers
Wirral’s Road Safety Team is planning a special, free seminar later this month aimed at van drivers and fleet managers in the borough. The event, which takes place in Seacombe on Tuesday 27th September...
View ArticleCyclist, 14, seriously injured in Scarisbrick collision
A 14-year-old boy has suffered serious head injuries after a collision in Scarisbrick. Police were called around 8.20pm on Saturday (September 17) following reports of an accident on Dam Wood Lane. A...
View ArticleCouncil starts on programme of works to protect tenants from flooding
West Lancashire Borough Council is carrying out improvement works to help protect its tenants, whose homes were flooded during recent heavy rains, from future problems. The Council is aware that 41 of...
View ArticleLancashire Youth Council’s curriculum for life campaign
Young people from the Lancashire Youth Council are calling for a compulsory ‘curriculum for life’ to be taught in all schools. A curriculum for life includes the teaching of personal, social, health...
View ArticleSpinal centre celebrates 70 years with international conference
A prestigious international conference in spinal injury care is coming to Southport in 2017. The 34th Guttmann conference is hosted by the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre which is part of...
View ArticleSkelmersdale Air Cadets undertake Duke of Edinburgh expedition
This weekend the Air Cadets from 1439 Skelmersdale squadron spent two nights and two full days on their Duke of Edinburgh expedition. 4 cadets under took their actual bronze assessment expedition and...
View ArticleCould you be a Councillor and stand for what you believe in?
The county council is asking people to consider if they could be a councillor ahead of next year’s county elections. Lancashire County Council is holding local elections in May 2017 and new candidates...
View ArticleMayor and Mayoress call in to celebrate centurion Walter’s birthday
The Mayor and Mayoress of St Helens, Councillors Dave and Jeanette Banks joined in the celebrations as Age UK hosted a surprise party at the Mansion House to celebrate the monumental milestone of one...
View ArticleMayor and Mayoress welcome European rugby league referees to the town hall
The Mayor and Mayoress of St Helens, Councillor Dave and Jeanette Banks, recently had the pleasure of welcoming 32 Rugby League European Federation Referees from 16 nations across the continent to the...
View ArticleChilli festival and antiques fair will bring flavour to St Helens this weekend
Things will be hotting up in St Helens this weekend when a chilli festival and an antiques and collectors fair make their debut appearance in the town centre. This Saturday (24 September), St Helens...
View ArticleBeware the Facebook fly-tippers
Warrington residents are being warned that they could end up in court and facing a massive fine if they allow themselves to fall foul of Facebook fly-tippers. As part of its clampdown on fly-tipping,...
View ArticleAbandoned vehicles face the crusher
Warrington Borough Council is putting the squeeze on dumped cars. The council is stepping up its efforts to consign abandoned vehicles to the scrap heap, following an increase in the problem. And the...
View ArticleFantastic Book Awards 2016 launch
This year’s Fantastic Book Awards will be launched by children’s author Geraldine McCaughrean at the Woodlands Conference Centre in Chorley tomorrow, Wednesday 21 September. Over 120 teachers are...
View ArticleSkelmersdale Soldier included in the UK’s first 500 people to donate a kidney...
NHS Blood and Transplant revealed today that 500 people in the UK have now donated a kidney to a stranger as a living donor in the 10 years since the law was changed to allow this. Among the 500...
View ArticleAnother Arts Award success for St Helens Libraries
A student from St Helens has become the latest to benefit from gaining an Arts Award qualification after completing a 20 hour arts project funded by Arts Council England. Daisy Bradbury, 16, was...
View ArticleDe La Salle students ‘Get Set’ for Community Action across the UK
Four years on from London 2012, young people across the UK are harnessing the power of the Olympic and Paralympic movements, turning inspiration into action within their local communities. Over 500...
View ArticleLancashire’s Shared Lives service is outstanding
Lancashire County Council’s Shared Lives service has been recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The mark was awarded following a recent inspection, in May and June this...
View ArticleWhiston Taekwondo return two new champions
Whiston Takewondo club are no strangers to success – and at the last seeding competition before the nationals the team were determined to show off their potential – and they did! In fact, two of the...
View ArticleCouncil approves £17M town centre revamp
Shoppers in Chorley town centre will see dramatic changes in the coming months after Chorley Council agreed one of the biggest investment packages ever made to improve the town centre. Ambitious plans...
View ArticleCyclist, 55, killed in Colne collision
A 55-year-old woman has died following a collision in Colne. Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 2.25pm yesterday (September 21) following reports of an incident near to the junction of...
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