At least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack on Monday on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political activists have been held, Iran’s judiciary said.

Plans for six homes in Rainford have been approved. An outline application proposing six detached dwellings with associated access, with all other matters reserved – on land adjacent to Peet Meadow – ...

Among the stories making the news in the St Helens Star thirty years ago this week, Stephen Wainwright describes a shocking sex attack on ...

COUNCILLORS have approved plans for a multi-use games area (MUGA) pitch at a primary school in Windle. St Helens Council’s application for the installation of an enclosed MUGA pitch to the front ...

German Shepherd Georgia is currently a resident at Dogs Trust Merseyside's rehoming centre and described by staff as 'gorgeous'.

Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in ...

The St Helens Star has published 5 death notices this week. Every week, the St Helens Star publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have passed away. As ...

A three-bedroom semi-detached house in Eccleston is being offered for sale with no onward chain at £260,000. Located on Bleak Hill Road, St. Helens, the property is described as an "ideal family home" ...

A DISGRUNTLED customer threatened to send a bomb to the company that sent him a faulty drone. Robert Kelly, formerly of Newton-le-Willows, made a call to police making the bomb hoax after discovering ...

Jonathan Rowe’s extra-time header sealed a dramatic victory, while the Lionesses play Jamaica on Sunday in their last friendly ahead of Euro 2025.

Elsewhere at the festival, Haim performed as the surprise act on the Park Stage at 7.30pm, while on the Pyramid Stage, Pulp were revealed to be Patchwork with the Sheffield-formed Britpop band paying ...

Matt Hancock will appear on Wednesday for a full-day session to face questions during a module set to last five weeks.