7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (356+ words) IT is'time to welcome'the latest precious bunch of newborns calling St Helens their first home. Every month, we will be appealing for your pictures of your new babies for a special supplement at the start of next year. To be…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago  (235+ words) RESIDENTS across Runcorn and Widnes have been receiving letters confirming the closure of Silver Jubilee Bridge and surrounding roads across a weekend in July. The bridge will be closed from 9. 30am on Friday, July 24, until 7pm on Sunday, July 26, to make way…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago  (609+ words) A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed after sexually assaulting and repeatedly strangling a woman. Tyler Lynch, from St Helens, was sentenced to a young offenders" institution at Liverpool Crown Court following a conviction for offences including sexual assault, intentional strangulation,…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago  (238+ words) SAINTS will play Wigan again at Magic having last played them in a disappointing fixture in 2024 at Elland Road, which an injury-hit side lost 20-0. Prior to that Saints" Jonny Lomax snatched the last-minute winner in the 2022 20-18 win at St James…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago  (987+ words) SAINTS centre and current Super League Young Player of the Year Harry Robertson is looking forward to this year's Magic weekend after missing last year's event with injury. Now back settled into the side after being niggled by a quad…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago  (637+ words) A SERIAL offender has been jailed again after being caught with depraved images of children being sexually abused. Roman Fletcher, who has a history of grooming youngsters as a sports coach, was previously locked up in January 2022 for being a…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago  (178+ words) HEAT has been captured on camera by members of the St Helens Star Camera Club. Mummy swan watching over her cygnets as they shelter from the heat in Taylor Park (Image: Geoff Jackson) Nothing says 'heat' like a wasp having…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago  (368+ words) A PROLIFIC criminal with more than 200 offences on her record has avoided returning to prison despite being caught on CCTV stealing from a shop in Northwich. Bernadette Hughes, of YMCA Hostel, College Street, St Helens, has racked up 70 convictions for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (297+ words) A PERVERT has been spared jail after secretly recording four children in a changing cubicle at a Widnes leisure centre. Ian Tabron, of Top Road in Frodsham, appeared before Warrington Magistrates" Court last week. The court heard how police were…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (191+ words) Vitor Pereira is set to leave his position as Nottingham Forest boss, the Press Association understands. Pereira signed an 18-month contract at the City Ground in February and guided Forest to Premier League survival and the Europa League semi-final. There…...