3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (82+ words) St Helens Star LUCKY residents on a street in Rainford are celebrating a handsome Postcode Lottery win. Prizes are announced every day of the month, with £30,000 jackpots and £1,000 prizes for 20 different postcodes every day. A minimum of 33 per cent from…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago   (347+ words) A PLANNING application has been approved for a change of use for a ground-floor restaurant in St Helens. The site, located at 91-95 Duke Street, will now operate as both a restaurant and an Asian food store. The proposal also includes…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (373+ words) A three-year-old girl has been praised for helping clean up her local park after spotting litter on her first day back at school. Little Aleia Price had just finished her morning session at school when she headed to Chain Lane…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (108+ words) POLICE are searching for a missing teenager from Rainhill. Harrison Thornton was last seen leaving home at around 10.30am on Saturday, September 12, Extensive enquiries are ongoing to find him. The 17-year-old is white, around 5ft 10 or 11in tall, slim build, with brown hair…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (394+ words) A NEW mural is being painted in the heart of Prescot, celebrating the town’s rich heritage through colourful public art. Work began this week on the mural at Heron Foods on Eccleston Street, at the corner of Leyland Street. Created…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (340+ words) A NEW suicide bereavement support service has launched to help those affected by loss in St Helens. The scheme is part of a wider mental health and wellbeing initiative led by St Helens Borough Council through the Martin Gallier Project,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (124+ words) POLCIE have confirmed that a man who had been missing has been found safe and well. Officers issued an appeal last week after Peter Guthrie, 44, was last seen at his home in Newton-le-Willows on Thursday, September 3. Inquiries took place locate…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (355+ words) A HERITAGE centre will open its doors as part of a national celebration of history and culture. The Smithy Heritage Centre in Eccleston, just outside St Helens, will take part in this year’s Heritage Open Days on September 19 and 20, welcoming…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (629+ words) A couple who first met at a St Helens social club more than 70 years ago are celebrating a remarkable platinum wedding anniversary. Frank and Hilary Hussey, aged 92 and 91 respectively, today mark 70 years of marriage looking back on a life together…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (582+ words) A TOWN centre curry house that customers have hailed for its family atmosphere is celebrating adding another accolade to its growing collection of honours. Balti Spice in St Helens has been named Best Curry Experience at the Northern England Curry…...