Recycling Rewards charity nomination
Activated members of St Helens Council’s Recycling Rewards scheme are being asked to submit a vote which will see four local charities win a share of £10,000. Funded by the Department for Communities...
View ArticleChorley Live rocks again!
Thousands of people enjoyed a weekend of live entertainment in Chorley as the fourth Chorley Live proved to be the best yet. Around 9,000 people turned out to enjoy every genre of music from choirs to...
View ArticleService will remember those killed or injured on the roads
Victims of road traffic collisions will be remembered at a special service in November. Lancashire County Council’s chairman would like to invite anyone to come who has been affected by loss or injury...
View ArticleListen to ghostly tales at Lancaster Castle
Lancaster Castle is raising the curtain on the production ‘Ghostly Tales’ later this month. The storytelling performance will take place on Friday 21 October and Saturday 22 October at 7.30pm. Excerpts...
View ArticleCritically-acclaimed comedy theatre coming to Lytham
“Instructions For American Servicemen In Britain” Fol Espoir Lowther Pavilion, Lytham Sunday 6 November, 4pm A WW2-era comedy theatre show that lovingly pokes fun at British eccentricities and the...
View ArticleSearch to find missing Skelmersdale girl
We are appealing for information to help us find a missing girl from Skelmersdale. Sarah Farrell, 17, was last seen four days ago on Friday (October 7th) at around 3.15pm on Berry Street in the town....
View Article“Be prepared” flood campaign launched in Lancashire
Lancashire County Council has launched a campaign to help people be better prepared for possible flooding. The campaign highlights the fact that flooding can happen almost anywhere, often without...
View ArticleDeveloping opportunities for film and digital screen talent in Lancashire
Creative Lancashire, in association with They Eat Culture, are relaunching their joint ‘Screen Opps’ initiative to develop the screen industries in Lancashire. The ‘Making Films in Lancashire’ event...
View ArticleMayor and Mayoress present school committee members with prestigious yellow ties
Pupils and staff at Carr Mill Primary School were left delighted after the Mayor and Mayoress of St Helens attended a ‘British values’ awards assembly at school. Councillors Dave and Jeanette Banks...
View ArticleCouncil’s Dog Welfare and Enforcement team claim prestigious award
St Helens Council’s Dog Welfare and Enforcement team is celebrating after becoming one of only two Merseyside authorities to win the prestigious RSPCA Silver award at this year’s Community Animal...
View ArticleeMagazines and eComics now available in libraries
St Helens Library Service is thrilled to bring their members two new services from Zinio and Comics Plus. As well as being able to borrow Ebooks through your library, as a library member, you can now...
View ArticleInternational Shakespeare Symposium
An International Symposium with leading scholars of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre culture will take place in Knowsley, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The...
View ArticleEvents help older residents drive safely for longer
Senior road users gathered in the town centre for three informative events during Older Driver Awareness Week, helping them to drive safely for longer. St Helens Council has the lead role in a...
View ArticleMillions of visitors check out Chorley
Over 77,000 additional visitors checked out Chorley last year according to new figures released. Visitor numbers across the Chorley borough rose to over 3.5 million in 2015, up from just over 3.4...
View ArticleJoin the party with new theatre show in Lancashire Libraries
“Here I Belong”, Pentabus Rawtenstall Library Tuesday 1 November, 6.45pm Garstang Library Wednesday 2 November, 7pm Clayton Green Library Thursday 3 November, 7pm Ormskirk Library Friday 4 November,...
View ArticlePhototherapy cabinets shine healing power of light
They may look like sunbeds but these are new phototherapy cabinets which heal rather than tan the skin. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust has installed the cutting-edge equipment at its...
View ArticleDragon’s Den winner to inspire local business leaders
Successful businesswoman and Dragon’s Den winner Kirsty Henshaw will take centre stage at an event which brings Central Lancashire’s top business leaders together. Kirsty, who is from Preston, won...
View ArticleJoin Rangers on fungus forays
St Helens Council’s Ranger Service is inviting residents to join members of the team on two short forays to hunt for local species of mushrooms. Event-goers will take in the beautiful green scenery at...
View ArticleDelays likely as roadworks get underway
Motorists are being warned of likely delays in the Eccleston Park area of St Helens from Saturday 15 October, as carriageway resurfacing works commence at the junctions of St Helens Road / Burrows Lane...
View ArticleHave your say on Kirkby town centre plans
If you live in Kirkby, make sure you get along to a public consultation event next week to look at and comment on St Modwen’s retail and leisure plans for the town centre. The regeneration specialist...
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