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@Donna4Rainhill @Tasker4MP An excellent Team for Rainhill Independents, putting Rainhill to the fore in all they do.

It's my absolute honour to announce I am standing again for Rainhill Independents as a full Ward Cllr with @Tasker4MP and James Dunn in May 2026 I will also be standing for Rainhill Parish Council - New in NORTH ward with 4 other absolute belters who are committed to making Rainhill a better place 💙❤️ More news to follow... #WeAreRainhill #RainhillTogether #7thMay2026

We have been working for 4 years with a group of volunteers, at first, to try and save the library from closure and then to try and take on the former library building. Our aim is to set up a community library that can also act as a community hub to bring Rainhill Together again

@Donna4Rainhill @netflix Things not too different happened in St Helens at Florida Farm.

There's got to be a documentary on @netflix about this because you just could not make this up....it's an incredulous story but its not a story, its real life. This needs to serve as one of those planning quotes "has Astley due diligence been adhered to" so any future monumental fuff ups like this cannot be repeated. Much support and admiration to those impacted and please do not ever go quiet because that's how these things are allowed to just go away and be forgotten about @astleyaction

@rocketsrainhill Looking good👍

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@deeznuts561105 @TheAccountantUK @GBPolitcs A St Helens Councillor , Chair of Rainhill Parish Council, with a reputation for hard work and integrity.

🚨NEW: Andy Burnham has been accused of trying to persuade a Labour MP to stand down in a bid to return to Westminster The Greater Manchester Mayor was in talks with Marie Rimmer over her St Helens South and Whiston seat, with claims he would give her a peerage if he later became Prime Minister

And here we are again!!! While council tax is set to rise by 4.99%, COUNCILLOR'S BASIC RENUMERATION quietly rose by a further 3.22% to £9,400 for 2025/26 Again, as an Independent, I will not be accepting this and my renuneration will remain at the pre 2024 rate of £8,236 before that was massively increased by the contraversial 10.58% uplift. At the time, Council Leader Baines went on the attack at being challenged, saying Rainhill Independents were "stealing a living" and if anybody didn't deserve an increase, it was us, while he encouraged all his Labour Cllrs to take the increase. Ironically, David Baines is now an MP on an MPs salary plus expenses but he may have also felt a pang of concience at our challenge back because he was the only Labour Cllr (to my knowledge) that followed our lead and did not to take the increase, which you could say smacks of "do as I say, not as I do" Since April 2024, James and I, as true Rainhill Independents, have not taken the increase, still fulfilled our duties and been visible week in, week out, working hard in not only our ward but our commitments at the town hall on behalf of Rainhill. Therefore, that increase has remained within the council coffers and budget towards essential services across St Helens for the last 2 years. It may only be around £1700 each but between us, that's £3400 that we have refused to take. There were another 45 Cllrs in St Helens in the same position who all had the same decision to make, take it or leave it in the budget. While the majority took it, some of our other Independents in St Helens (Terry and Karl in NLW), took it on the proviso to specifically use within their ward on their own projects AS Rainhill Independents THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD ALSO CONSIDER NOW AS IT ONCE AGAIN RISES BY A FURTHER 3.22%. So it's over to YOU Rainhill, what would you like us to do as your elected members? *Discussion now open..... Click here for the original 2024 post👇 facebook.com/share/p/1CBm7Z… *please keep debate polite and respectful @Tasker4MP @ParishRainhill

@rocketsrainhill @greenergrounds @ElliottAmenity @HuytonJuniorsfc @FCKirkbyOff @afc_knowsley I’ve not actually used seed rolls but undercover can speed up germination, keep in moisture in dry conditions, minimise wash out in wet conditions plus stop bird depredation, but you know all that!

@AvcHowitt @greenergrounds @ElliottAmenity @HuytonJuniorsfc @FCKirkbyOff @afc_knowsley Saw a you tube video on seed rolls, going to try them under a cover for a start

Quick trip to Speke to pick up @greenergrounds @ElliottAmenity bags of seed now weather is picking up and enough paint to get us to our fabulous sanctioned Summer league @HuytonJuniorsfc @FCKirkbyOff @afc_knowsley 🌞🚜👀

@rocketsrainhill @greenergrounds @ElliottAmenity @HuytonJuniorsfc @FCKirkbyOff @afc_knowsley Yes I’ve got some lawn to patch sow but I’ll leave it another month or so.

@AvcHowitt @greenergrounds @ElliottAmenity @HuytonJuniorsfc @FCKirkbyOff @afc_knowsley Just patches of worn areas in few weeks when temps up a bit Going to try seed rolls to start germination

We've had nothing but positive help from current Parish council When problem of stop cutting open spaces happened professional politicians we turned to MP's etc ,for help towed party line &stayed away. The independents were there for our part of the community every minute

@rocketsrainhill Watching the 6 Nations from Rome it looked more like water polo and each tackle produced a bow wave!

To be accurate you can apply for 75% of a project cost and if it's an approved contractor that cost will be vastly inflated

@LiverpoolWYFL Hi if you get any enquiries from people looking to start a women's team we would love to have a women's team and have quality pitch and facilities and would back a team as @rainhillfc women

Vets team progress is flying Sponsor secured RFR Motors on Warrington road and kit ordered

@rocketsrainhill @MerseyPolice Excellent!

Wow Our @MerseyPolice sponsored trophies for team mate of the year for each age group

@rocketsrainhill Definitely off side that one!

When the wife mentions going to a retail park and you remember you need to get a cheeky little cut in while it's so mild. Save of the season 👏 Holt pitch 1 🔥

@rocketsrainhill @Liverpool_CFA @FootballFoundtn @ParishRainhill @RainhillRotary @HowdensJoinery Well done! Team work on and off the pitch!

👀🤯🔥💥 @Liverpool_CFA @FootballFoundtn @ParishRainhill @RainhillRotary @HowdensJoinery Game changer !

@the3saints @NW_LP