Start your Easter at Lady Lever’s new galleries
New galleries housing outstanding collections reopen on Good Friday The Lady Lever Art Gallery will reveal its new South End galleries in a Good Friday opening on 25 March 2016, following a £2.8m major...
View ArticleCouncil supports CSE Awareness Day
St Helens Council has underlined its support for National Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Awareness Day on Friday (18 March) – and is urging everyone else to follow suit. As part of the local activity...
View ArticleMotorist sought following fail-to-stop collision in Colne which left cyclist...
A motorist is being sought after failing to stop following a collision in which a cyclist was left with a broken ankle. The incident took place at around 10.40am on Wednesday, March 9th, on Burnley...
View ArticleThe race is on: campaign launched to name the UK’s state-of-the-art £200m...
Campaign launched to put forward names for a new polar research ship being built at the world-famous Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside. Shackleton. Endeavour. Falcon. These are just some of the...
View ArticlePolice appeal to public for help to identify man in critical condition in Wigan
An appeal has been made by police for help from the public to identify a man who is in critical condition in Wigan. At 1:25am on Wednesday 16th March 2016, a man was found collapsed on the pavement...
View ArticleNew High Sheriff appointed for Lancashire
A leading figure in business and charity has been chosen as Lancashire’s new High Sheriff by HM The Queen. John Barnett MBE DL takes over the role from the outgoing High Sheriff Amanda Parker JP and...
View ArticleDispersal Zone Southport
Merseyside Police will be issuing a 48-hour dispersal zone this weekend in Southport Town Centre following recent reports of anti-social behaviour. The zone will be running from 7pm on Friday night (18...
View ArticleThis is sick sexual predator who was snared thanks to the two-year-old girl...
The following story was published in the Liverpool Echo. The toddler told her mum what Michael Fletcher had done and the “violent” beast later admitted his crime along with the abuse of another girl...
View ArticleNational Lottery support to preserve historic images
St. Helens Council Library Service has been awarded a £69,700 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, ‘St Helens Through The Lens: The Jordan and Metcalfe Photography...
View ArticleHelp tracing relatives
St Helens Council is asking for help to trace any living relatives of Mr Graham Thompson, who died recently, aged 65. Mr Thompson, born 27 July 1950, lived in The Old Vicarage Nursing Home, Burtonwood...
View ArticleTeenager, 15, missing from Skelmersdale
Police are appealing for information after a teenage girl went missing from Skelmersdale. Barbora Horvathova was last seen in Tintagel around 1pm today (Thursday, March 17). She is described as white,...
View ArticleExtra Time for Threatened Museums
The five Lancashire County Council museums threatened with closure will now stay open until the end of September, to allow more time for discussions to continue with organisations keen to take them...
View ArticleIllicit cigarette seller flushed out
An illegal town centre cigarette seller, who hid his goods in a specially built storage unit in a toilet, has been successfully prosecuted by Warrington Borough Council. Soleman Rasul Hossein, 33, of...
View ArticleWork starts on a £40 million improvement programme for Warrington’s ageing...
Work has got underway on Warrington Borough Council’s most valuable asset – its 1,137km road network worth about £745 million. Almost every resident, worker and visitor to Warrington uses the network...
View ArticlePugalugs author awards local schools for commitment to reading
A popular local author has awarded two St Helens primary schools with a selection of children’s books for their commitment to reading. Jessica Parish, author of the now widely-popular Pugalugs...
View ArticleCharity lunch is a huge success for local restaurant
A charity lunch took place at a popular Aughton restaurant, as it pulled out all the stops to offer guests fabulous food and drink, and the chance to dig deep for charity. The Town Green Brasserie,...
View ArticleResidents asked not to mix food and green waste
Residents in Wyre, Fylde, Chorley, Lancaster and Preston are being asked to stop mixing food waste with green waste from April 2016 due to changes being made to the way it is processed. Food waste,...
View ArticleInconsiderate school drop-off drivers beware
Warrington Borough Council is piloting the use of new ‘civil enforcement vehicles’ in April which use CCTV to capture cars contravening the school keep clear markings. It is part of a package of...
View ArticleResidents urged to take charge of their health
A new deal is urging Wigan Borough residents to take charge of their health as Greater Manchester prepares to take charge of the government’s £6 billion health and social care budget next month. The...
View ArticleHigh Sheriff honour for borough
Her Majesty the Queen has chosen, Lady Joy Smith DL, from Atherleigh a former teacher, to be the next High Sheriff of Greater Manchester for the year 2016 – 2017. This is one of a handful of times that...
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