January 2026

Held annually on 27th January, Holocaust Memorial Day falls on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where more than a million people died during the Second World War.

The annual ratings range from green (highest) through amber to red, and measure how well each local highway authority is maintaining its local roads.

Dr Minal Bakhai MBE paid a visit to St Helens as part of a tour of neighbourhood health sites.

HH Smith & Sons, the contractor working to bring the town's Grade II listed Town Hall back to life, has presented St John the Baptist Church with a generous donation to support their community activities.

'Slow the Flow' is a natural and effective approach to managing flood risk that works by temporarily holding rainwater within the landscape during periods of heavy rainfall.

St Helens Borough will welcome the world's most famous bike race, the Tour de France, next year as its roads will make up part of stage two of the men's race on Saturday, 3 July 2027.

Councillors will hear about the ambitious masterplan that has been created with support from the public and stakeholders for the Bold Forest Garden Village.

Senior St Helens Borough councillors visited Longton Lane Community Primary School this week to see how pupils and staff are settling into their new surroundings following the Rainhill school's £4.8m transformation.

Councillors are set to decide on a range of new planning guidance documents that would help secure better planning outcomes in relation to proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupations (HMOs) and provide better support to historic buildings across St Helens Borough.

A new computer-generated animation has been released, providing a detailed look inside the state-of-the-art St Helens Transport Interchange being created in the heart of the town centre.

Councillors are set to hear about the successes of a pioneering programme that is making the arts more accessible for all.

January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, a vital reminder of the importance of early detection and prevention.