St Helens: Last News

Police are appealing for help to trace a missing 12-year-old boy from Runcorn. Thomas Robinson was last seen at around 5pm on Tuesday 28 June in the Castlefields area of the town.

A man who was left battling for his life in a Benidorm hospital after he was seriously injured during a night out has returned home.

A man asked his uncle to take him to France and admitted to doing 'something stupid' after stabbing his rival with a 12-inch chopping knife. Steven Arnold, 23, stabbed Jack Williams inside his white Vauxhall Corsa three times in the leg at around 7.35am on May 15, on Jubits Lane, St Helens.

A ruthless gang boss who ordered a hitman to inflict horrific injuries on his rivals remained unidentified after his henchman was jailed for life.

Just one David Walliams wasn't enough on Sunday night as Britain's Got Talent aired the second episode of its comeback weekend. The hit ITV show returned over Easter, two years after last being on-screen due to it being cancelled last year.

A Lanarkshire beauty who starred on the silver screen is hoping to follow her mum's teen pageant queen dream as she bids to take the Miss Teen Great Britain crown.

Wigan Warriors forwards Willie Isa and John Bateman have both been hit with suspensions by the RFL’s match review panel.

As part of our build-up to Friday's epic showdown between Wigan and St Helens, we touched base with fans from either side of the divide to give us their thoughts ahead of the game.

Adrian Lam can sense the tide changing at Wigan as they enter the home straight but insists the Warriors cannot get ahead of themselves as they approach the business end of the season.

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Wigan Warriors coach Adrian Lam watched his side slump to a fourth successive defeat on Wednesday evening - but chose to take the positives despite losing to local rivals Warrington Wolves.

Ahead of tonight’s blockbuster clash between St Helens and Warrington Wolves, we asked our pundits panel to predict the outcome.

St Helens coach Kristian Woolf was delighted his team were able to treat their returning fans to an emphatic 28-0 win over Salford.

John Duffy admits Leigh Centurions are continuing to scour the transfer market for new recruits - but insists they are drawing a blank as their injury problems continue to worsen.

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St Helens captain James Roby has hailed Grand Final hero Jack Welsby as “a very special talent” but is at a loss to pinpoint his best position.

Leigh Centurions have confirmed the signing of NRL hooker Nathan Peats.

When he arrived at Salford, Richard Marshall indicated that it would be a series of small improvements that would help to take the club to the next level.Defensive intensity was one of the areas he highlighted that the Red Devils could be better at and on the showing of his first 80 minutes in charge, the weekend's 20-6 victory over Wigan, there's been plenty of progress over an extended pre-season.“I was really impressed, I thought our defensive attitude and effort was up there,” said the former St Helens assistant coach.

John Bateman is relishing the challenge of filling Wigan Warriors legend Sean O’Loughlin’s boots at loose forward this season.O’Loughlin made his Wigan debut alongside current Warriors head coach, Adrian Lam, in 2002 and captained his hometown club from 2006 until his retirement at the end of last season.Defeat in the Super League Grand Final against bitter rivals St Helens marked a devastating end to O’Loughlin’s remarkable playing career but he has now joined Lam’s coaching team.His place in the Wigan side will be filled by England star Bateman, who has returned to the DW Stadium on a marquee contract after two seasons in the NRL at Canberra Raiders.Bateman has inherited O’Loughlin’s number 13 jersey, suggesting he will be deployed at

Salford won't risk any players who are carrying knocks in the pre-season friendly against Wigan this weekend.It's the first chance new coach Richard Marshall will have to see his side in official action, but it comes a week on from an opposed session against Super League champions St Helens that left a handful of the Red Devils squad nursing minor injuries.A knee clearout for Greg Burke and the injury Joe Burgess picked up in pre-season will rule those two out of the start of the season, but no risks will be taken with others this weekend."We picked up a couple of knocks [from the St Helens' session]," revealed Marshall.

Wigan Warriors appear a safe bet to challenge strongly for the Super League title again this season – but could go into the new campaign without playing a pre-season friendly.Adrian Lam’s side, pipped at the death by bitter rivals St Helens in the 2020 Grand Final in Hull, have no formal games lined up before they face Leigh Centurions in their opener on Friday, March 26.How will that lack of match practice affect the Warriors ahead of their season-opener later this month?True, all Super League clubs are scaling right back the amount of friendlies that they play in the current environment.Fans will not be allowed into grounds until the back end of May following the government’s latest update on the roadmap out of Covid-19 restrictions last