All posts tagged "featured"

  • Man Arrested, then Bailed following Prescot Death

    A 38-year-old-man has been bailed pending further investigations, following a domestic incident in Prescot in the early hours of Saturday 9 May. At around 3.30am, emergency services were called to Greenall Court to a report of a...

    • Posted May 13, 2020
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  • Deadline Nears for Comments on Taylor Wimpey Housing Development

    The public have till Sunday 10 May* to comment on plans to build more than 200 houses on the Whitakers Garden Centre site in Prescot. Taylor Wimpey have applied to build an estate of 227 residences on...

    • Posted May 7, 2020
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  • Tributes Paid to Whiston Hospital Surgeon Sadeq

    A Whiston Hospital surgeon has passed away from Covid-19. Sadeq Elhowsh, 58, who worked with St Helens & Knowsley NHS for 17 years, died in hospital on Monday night (20 April). Married with four sons, he was...

    • Posted April 22, 2020
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  • Short Story Competition: Prescot Festival Offers Literary Challenge during the Lockdown

    (Via Prescot Festival) With gatherings and events being postponed nationwide at the moment, a Merseyside town has decided that one aspect of its summer arts festival can go ahead as planned—lockdown or no lockdown. Organisers of the...

    • Posted April 21, 2020
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  • Volunteers Sew Scrubs to Support Knowsley, St Helens NHS

    A group of determined volunteers are supporting frontline NHS staff by sewing scrubs for St Helens and Whiston Hospitals. The team, from across the two boroughs, have already raised over £1,500 – enough to create more than...

    • Posted April 16, 2020
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  • Green Waste Collection Ends 10 April in Knowsley

    (Via Knowsley Council) Knowsley Council is currently continuing with the usual waste and recycling collections at the moment, including residual waste (maroon bins), recycling (grey bins) and green waste collections (blue bins). During the Coronavirus pandemic, there...

    • Posted April 3, 2020
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  • Coronavirus: New Support Line for Community & Volunteers in Knowsley

    (Via Knowsley Council) Do you need extra help during the Coronavirus outbreak – or do you want to offer a helping hand? A new Coronavirus Community Support and Volunteer Line has been created for Knowsley residents needing...

    • Posted March 23, 2020
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  • New CCTV Appeal in Adam Ellison Prescot Murder

    (Via Merseyside Police) We are today, Thursday 12 March, making a re-appeal for help in finding who is responsible for the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Adam Ellison in Prescot in November 2017. Adam was walking along a...

    • Posted March 12, 2020
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  • Three Minors Arrested after Assault on Teenage Boy at Rainhill High School

    (Via Merseyside Police) We have arrested three boys after it was reported a 14-year-old boy was assaulted at Rainhill High School today (Monday 9 March 2020). Shortly after 2.40pm it was reported a 14-year-old boy had been...

    • Posted March 10, 2020
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  • Prescot Fiver Fest Continues Till 29 February

    Prescot’s independent shops are taking part in the Totally Locally National Fiver Fest until 29 February. Along with thousands of other businesses across the nation, they are offering an impressive array of £5 offers to entice shoppers...

    • Posted February 24, 2020
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