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• Now Barratt pull out of Burgy plans

  A FRESH twist in the hotly-debated bid to build houses on the Island's Brow Burgy Bank has emerged with news that Barratt Homes have confirmed they are dropping out of plans to construct the proposed development. read more

• And the beat goes on

  INFECTIOUS street rhythms from the birth place of Samba electrified the audience. read more

• A walk inthe park

  HALTON'S mayor led a group of walkers in Victoria Park as part of a new scheme to help people ease back into gentle exercise. read more

• Stars have hearts of gold

  Grease stars Sandy and Danny, alias Hayley Evetts and Ben Richards, took time out from their show to support a charity lover's leap wire event. read more

• World class event to raise money for John

  NORTHWICH will be gripped with World Cup fever on Friday when the most glittering prize in rugby union comes to town. read more

• St Rocco's in the swim after Marj's efforts

  GOING that extra mile certainly wasn't a problem for a Padgate woman who took to the water all to raise funds for St Rocco's Hospice. read more

• More bobbies on way

  GRAPPENHALL and Thelwall will be the final areas to benefit from extra bobbies on the beat after the parish council agreed to join a south Warrington scheme. read more

• Motorist faces prison after road rage attack

  A MAN faces jail after pursuing a fellow driver and assaulting him in front of the victim's 12-year-old grandson during a road rage attack. read more

• ARMED ROBBERS HIT VILLAGE BANK

  DETECTIVES are hunting masked raiders who burst into a bank in Padgate and threatened staff with a gun and sledgehammer. read more

• Postal pilot success as voter apathy smashed

  FOLLOWING the apparent success of last years pilot posting scheme, which saw the turn out at local elections almost double in St Helens, the format is to be extended across the North West come June's European Parliamentary elections. read more

• Living with the past

  MOST of us wouldn't bat an eyelid when walking through St Helens town centre on a busy afternoon. But for one local man, that simple stroll through mums out shopping or youngsters making for the record store or burger bar, can be all it takes to send his mind spinning back to nightmare images on the streets of Northern Ireland. read more

• Wonder wheels

  ALMOST two years of highly inventive fund raising and sheer hard work had its reward when pleased-as-punch students held a special assembly to celebrate the delivery of their new minibus. read more

• Police in new plea for help over shop robbery

  POLICE are making a fresh appeal for information about a robbery in Wincham last month. read more

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