Families visiting a St Helens shopping centre were treated to a touch of showbiz glamour when stars appearing in the town’s pantomime met fans and posed for pictures. Benidorm and I’m A Celebrity star Crissy Rock was among the actors appearing in St Helens Theatre Royal’s glittering production of Cinderella, who dropped into the centre, […]
A TEAM of young entrepreneurs have been getting into the groove for a record-breaking future by setting up a business turning old vinyl discs into useful household objects. The Year 12 students from Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College in Altrincham, who are running a company called Vinyl Mash Ups, were among a group of budding […]
Artistic children created snowy hillsides, sparkly Christmas trees and glittery gifts when they designed their own festive cards during a special event at a Keighley shopping centre. Youngsters flocked to the Airedale shopping centre to take part in the competition organised by Pulse 1 radio station and to be in with a chance of winning […]
Award-winning North Wales builders Anwyl Construction have announced two major ventures in Liverpool as part of a programme of more than £30 million in new building projects during 2016. Anwyl will start work next year on a 15-storey block of 430 student flats on the Norton Street site of the former National Express coach station. […]
STAFF at Stretford Mall are getting ready to do their bit in a Christmas knit, to raise funds for charity this Friday. Team members at Bonmarché are among those who will be wearing festive knitwear and collecting donations from shoppers, on Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day, December 18. Sammer Qureshi, Bonmarché store manager at Stretford […]
A manager at Rochdale Exchange shopping centre has launched a bid to smash the world record for the longest ever roller hockey game, in a bid to raise £10,000 for a tot battling cancer after having two brain tumours removed. Mark Bleasdale, assistant guest services manager on behalf of the Rochdale Exchange, is masterminding a […]
A TEENAGE boy with a life-threatening brain tumour has achieved his dream of starring in a Christmas pop video, thanks to Stretford Mall. Ryan Drury, who is living with a 3cm wide tumour in his brain, plays the lead character in a Christmas single written and performed by pupils at Ashcroft School – with some […]
Hundreds of youngsters have been queuing to see Santa on his magical sleigh, and have a S-Elfie taken on their mobile phone, at Warrington Golden Square shopping centre. The giant red sleigh is a new addition to Golden Square this year, enabling Father Christmas to make regular tours around the shopping centre, so few people […]
Helpful elves spread Christmas cheer at a St Helens shopping centre by singing, dancing, handing out sweets, wrapping gifts and even carrying parcels. The elves provided a free helping hand to shoppers at Church Square Shopping Centre, and a touch of naughtiness, doing the conga, high-fiving youngsters and even lifting one unsuspecting shopper into the […]
A Keighley gran will be using the power of chocolate to help raise funds to send her disabled nine-year-old granddaughter to the Czech Republic for pioneering surgery. Charlotte Wormald has severe cerebral palsy, following health problems when she was just days old – she and twin sister were born 14 weeks early, each weighing less […]
