1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (424+ words) Relations between Britain and America have been further strained after Donald Trump expressed support for a united Ireland. The US president claimed Irish unification was inevitable as he spoke to reporters alongside Taoiseach Micheál Martin, adding it “may as well…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (247+ words) THE family of a "beautiful and caring" young woman who died in a crash in Liverpool have paid a moving tribute to her. Isobel Reyland died in the collision in Aigburth on Wednesday, September 2. Just before 5.40pm emergency services were called…...

4+ day, 20+ 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…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (206+ words) TWO pubs are offering a 7.5 per cent discount on food and drink for one day only. The Glass House in St Helens and The Nine Arches in Newton-le-Willows, both Wetherspoon pubs, will introduce the price cut on Thursday, September 17, as…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (236+ words) Two white-tailed eagle chicks have successfully fledged after rangers closed a nearby car park and path to avoid disturbing them during the breeding season. A pair of white-tailed eagles settled at the nest near Loch Sunart in the Highlands earlier…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (579+ words) The parents of two students who were stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane have branded Nottinghamshire Police’s decision not to disclose information about the killer “shameful”. Calocane killed first-year students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, before fatally…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (200+ words) St Helens Star In Pictures: Heave, ho and away they go at Braemar Gathering One of the world’s most famous Highland Games has been held in Aberdeenshire, attracting members of the royal family and international spectators. Held close to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (169+ words) A CARE worker was due to appear in court accused of sexual offences against a man with a mental disorder. Nicole Worthington, 33, of Devon Street, Newtown, St Helens, faces two charges under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The first charge alleges…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (808+ words) John Swinney delivered the Programme for Government at Holyrood (Jane Barlow/PA) Plans to cut the number of regional health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two could be “more reckless than revolutionary”, John Swinney has been warned. Roz Foyer,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (106+ words) St Helens Star Vicar's picture captures moment Red Arrows flew over village church Revd Janet Heighton captured this striking image of the Red Arrows flying over All Saints Church, Rainford, as they headed towards the Southport Air Show (Image: Revd…...