Local elections 2021: St Helens politicians make their pitch
Here is what they are promising in the 2021 local elections on Thursday, May 6
16:55, 28 APR 2021
Labour currently controls 14 of the 16 seats up for election this year in St Helens (Image: Photo by Andrew Teebay)
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St Helens goes to the polls in just over one week to elect 16 councillors in local elections being held on May 6.
Prince Philip has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace confirmed this morning. He was due to celebrate his 100th birthday on June 10, this year. The Duke of Edinburgh had since returned home after a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition. The news of his death was announced in a statement on Twitter by Royal Family on behalf of the Queen. It said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.”
By David Baines, leader of St Helens Council
Council leader s column
Demolition of Chalon Way car park is underway It’s great to see work begin on the demolition of Chalon Way car park, marking the start of regeneration for the town centre. The historic canal area is a priority and I think people will be surprised by how large the area is that’s currently taken up by the car park. It will make a huge difference. We’re also looking at the rest of the town centre too, and the council and our partners at English Cities Fund are continuing work behind the scenes on ambitious and deliverable masterplans for St Helens and Earlestown town centres.
THE historic Gamble building is set to be restored after council budget papers proposed earmarking £3.6m for its regeneration over the next two years. Investment is also expected be pumped into Earlestown Town Hall, to restore the building to its former glory and bring it back into use. A total of £3.4 million in capital expenditure has been allocated to the two projects for the financial year 2021/22, papers due to go before St Helens Borough Council have revealed. The Gamble building on Victoria Square is set to receive £1.4 million for its external renovations, with a further £2.2 million apportioned to restore the interior in 2022/23.
January Just days after the World Health Organisation reported that there was a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, which we now know were caused by Covid-19, NHS bosses locally revealed growing pressures on A&E. This came as the NHS experienced its worst waiting times on record. It was revealed that 14,903 people attended Whiston Hospital’s A&E department in December 2019, a 57 per cent rise on the previous year (9,514). Whiston Hospital, which is managed by St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, treated 70.9 per cent of patients who attended in December within four hours, against a target of 95 per cent.