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Image: Dani Molyneux CGI images have given a glimpse of how the new community bookshop coming to St Helens may look. The Star reported in December as a crowdfunding campaign to bring the store to St Helens town centre reached its target of £40,000 thanks to donations from the community, which enabled the project to access additional funds. The former Furniture Boutique on Bridge Street, part of Church Square Shopping Centre, will be transformed into the bookshop. While the latest coronavirus lockdown has meant the initial aim of opening to coincide with World Book Day in early March will not be met, it is hoped the shop can be open to the public later in the spring.
Deals A statement from Church Square Shopping Centre said: Please note the above is subject to change with the ever-evolving situation, so please check this webpage before making your visit to the Centre. All COVID-secure measures remain in place and our key priority is the safety of our customers and the staff at outlets still trading. The safety measures include signed walking routes, hand sanitising stations at the entrances and exits, enhanced cleaning regimes, the requirement to wear a face covering unless exempt, maintaining social distance on the mall and in all shops at the Centre, and not visiting if experiencing any coronavirus symptoms.
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.