February 2025

Cabinet is set to discuss the plans that will see more than £115 million in investment over the next year.

St Helens Borough Council and its regeneration partner ECF have activated a £7.5 million contract with VINCI Building to demolish the Hardshaw Centre and prepare the site for delivery of the approved transformative first phase development in the heart of St Helens town centre

Ahead of the 2025 Super League season, a new memorial has been unveiled in St Helens to honour the late, great Steve Prescott MBE who made 117 appearances for his hometown club St Helens. R.F.C. (Saints) between 1993-97.

An NSPCC campaign designed to help parents and teachers talk to children about sexual abuse has been launched in St Helens, with the backing of the council.

National HIV Testing Week is taking place this week (10-16 February), encouraging people across the country to get tested and know their HIV status.

Demolition work to make way for St Helens town centres' multi-million-pound transformation will begin in March, kick-starting a year of highly visible change and renewal, St Helens Borough Council has confirmed.

As part of a commitment to adult social care, St Helens Borough Council is trialling a range of new smart assistive technology to help support residents to live independently in their own homes for longer.

The vision to restore and revitalise Earlestown town centre has taken another big step forward with the appointment of HH Smith & Sons to undertake a series of internal enabling works on the iconic 125-year-old, Grade II Listed Earlestown Town Hall.

Rainhill will see improved healthcare facilities through a purchase of the former Rainhill Library site by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust so that it can expand its current estate at the adjoining Rainhill Clinic on View Road in the centre of Rainhill Village.

The first tranche of St Helens Borough Council sites that are open to bids for Community Asset Transfer have been unveiled.

A new fund that will support residents and community groups to provide library facilities in their area has been launched and will be available from April 2025.

Key pedestrian and cycling routes in the borough are benefitting from improved street lighting, increasing safety and accessibility.