October 2025

Aldi, the award-winning discount food retailer, has welcomed the decision by St Helens Council to approve plans for a new mixed-use development, anchored by a brand-new Aldi food store, off Laffak Road in St Helens

The latest phase of work to transform the heart of Earlestown will begin this week, with street furniture in Market Square and Market Street being removed and repositioned to make way for a temporary market area.

With temperatures beginning to drop, St Helens Borough Council has activated its winter service - ensuring that the borough stays safe, connected, and on the move throughout the colder months.

St Helens Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is reinforcing its commitment to keeping residents safe through a series of proactive operations and partnership initiatives aimed at preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB) and ensuring public safety.

With rising energy costs and colder months ahead, St Helens Borough Council is helping residents stay warm, well, and safe with a new 'Be Winter Prepared' guide.

The transformational Parkside regeneration project in Newton-le-Willows is to host its first 'meet the buyer' event to give the local supply chain the opportunity to tender for 'substantial' multi-million-pound sub-contracting packages.

A new programme that will support people with complex needs to try and find work will bring more than £3.6m of investment in St Helens Borough.

Organisations across St Helens Borough have spoken of the collective activities and funding that has supported the work around community safety.

Elevate®, the leading provider of full fibre business internet and networks, is pleased to report substantial progress in the roll out of St Helens' new full fibre network.

Community-led plans continue to transform Cowley Hill's streets into safer, greener and more connected spaces.

Members of the project team currently delivering the St Helens Town Centre transformation swapped hard hats for harnesses as they plunged 15,000 feet in support of Willowbrook Hospice.

Councillors are set to hear about the impact of the activities and actions taken by partners to address crime and community safety between April 2024 and March 2025.