Super writers assemble!
Take part in St Helens Libraries Creative Writing Competition 2017. As part of St Helens Libraries Creative Writing Competition 2017, children and young people who live or go to school in St Helens are...
View ArticleMagic returned to Central Library on Harry Potter Book Night
The third annual Harry Potter Book Night was recently celebrated throughout the world and as before St Helens Central Library hosted an unforgettable evening, this time themed around the Professors of...
View ArticleLuxor Group and Lloyds Bank team up to tackle homelessness in St Helens
A £1,000 cheque has been donated to St Helens homeless charity Teardrops by two local businesses. Paul Nicholson from Luxor Group, the Merseyside property developer behind the regeneration of the...
View ArticleMusic and dance combine in wacky blind date performance
“Blind Date”, Les Bordéliques Goosnargh Village Hall Sunday 5 March, 7pm The Rainhall Centre, Barnoldswick Wednesday 15 March, 7pm A French-Canadian company, featuring former Cirque du Soleil...
View ArticlePlanning application submitted for Cuerden development that could bring 4,500...
Following extensive community consultation, Lancashire County Council and their development partners Maple Grove Developments, who are part of the Eric Wright Group, have submitted a planning...
View ArticleWill your organisation support our NHS heroes?
Local businesses are being invited to help celebrate the work of NHS staff in hospitals and the community. The Pride Awards, now in their ninth year, celebrate the excellence and professionalism of...
View Article2017 Parks and Countryside events leaflets now available
Would you like to know about the exciting free events taking place in West Lancashire’s wonderful parks and countryside sites? Then make sure you get a copy of the 2017 Parks and Countryside Events...
View ArticleGovernment ministers kick off industrial strategy engagement programme in...
Ministers to meet businesses and workers across the North West to hear their views on what the priorities should be for the region. ministers will begin a UK wide regional engagement tour with visits...
View ArticleNew photograph website to launch
Lancashire County Council will launch a new-look website of historic local photographs and postcards this month. The Red Rose Collections image archive will be available to search people, places and...
View ArticleLancashire County Council approves budget
Lancashire County Council has approved its budget for 2017/18. As part of the budget, Full Council agreed that Council Tax for 2017/18 be increased by 1.99% plus a 2% increase specifically for social...
View ArticleDivine Dance takes part in huge production of Narnia
Dance group for adults with additional needs Divine Dance have taken part in a huge production of Narnia on Thursday 9th February. Edward McCarthy from Divine Days explains: “Our Dancers have been...
View ArticleMan jailed for knifepoint robberies in Chorley
A man who broke into two houses in Chorley and held his victims at knifepoint has been jailed. Leon Martin, 27, of Ennerdale, Skelmersdale broke into the home of a 92 year old woman on Glamis Drive at...
View ArticleVictorian Plumbing passes the 1 million customer milestone
Merseyside-based online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing is delighted to announce that it has now officially served over 1 million customers. The company recently reached this significant...
View ArticleWest Lancashire man prosecuted after fly-tipping in Up Holland
A West Lancashire man has been prosecuted after dumping bags of household waste in the Denshaw area of Up Holland. Wigan Magistrates Court heard how Adam Mitchell had admitted depositing 12 bin bags in...
View ArticleResidents urged to have their say about changes to ‘low priority’ and gluten...
NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is proposing to make changes in relation to an area called ‘low priority prescribing’, in line with many other NHS organisations in Lancashire and...
View ArticleMayoral engagements week commencing 13 February 2017
Friday 17 February 2017 7:00pm Select Security Services Stadium, Widnes The Mayor and Mayoress will attend the Mayor of Halton’s Civic Ball Sunday 19 February 2017 10:15am St John’s Church Knutsford...
View ArticleBrownies bag arts award
With support from St Helens Libraries Service through the award winning Cultural Hubs Arts in Libraries programme – funded by Arts Council England – a group of Brownies have become the first Brownie...
View ArticleChef says ‘I do’ to new wedding venture
Qualified chef Tracey Hale is now living her dream as a wedding venue dresser, thanks to support from NatWest Tracey started her wedding business – Impress Your Guests – as a sideline to her day job as...
View ArticleMake a free bird box with Rangers
St Helens Council’s Ranger Service is inviting residents to attend a bird box making event this half term holiday, coinciding with National Nest Box Week (14-21 February). This free, family friendly...
View ArticleIT Specialists to Offer Free Business Advice at E3 EXPO, April 2017
1 Events Media, the host and organiser of the E3 Business Expo 2017, is bringing together some of the region’s most experienced IT specialists to provide visitors with free business IT advice, tips and...
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