St. John's News

The budding film-makers from St John's Primary in Wallingford, Chalgrove Primary, The Treehouse School in Cholsey and South Stoke Primary, were premiering their own movies.

Luke Shields, George Havill, Tom Knighton, Ayrton Jimenez and Jonnie Rendell will run from Exmoor to Dartmoor for Parkinson's UK By vicky scipio Five friends are getting ready to run from Exmoor to Dartmoor to raise hundreds of pounds for Parkinson's UK.

The city has been facing a lot of criticism from people this winter who think they haven't done enough to deal with snow on the ground.

Renowned actor Simon Russell Beale, who is playing King Lear in the Academy Award-winning Sam Mendes production at the National Theatre, visited St John's in Marlborough to dramatically enhance a Sixth Form lesson.

Councillor Bernard Davis said the city has repeatedly sent inspectors to 12 Cashin Ave. and ordered the rental property to be brought up to standards.

Search underway for fraud suspect on firstcoastnews.com: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/03/12/fraud-suspect-search-st-augustine/6325951/ One male suspect remains at large and is believed to be in the area of I-95 north of C.R. 214.

A 23-year-old St. John's woman who held up a drug store pharmacy out of desperation for drugs has been given a 2-1/2-year jail term.

Traffic is backed up on Ruth Avenue in Mount Pearl as drivers contend with slippery conditions this morning.

As part of the Eco Schools Programme, St John's CE Infant School in Leigh has been awarded its third green flag for 'excellence in the field of environmental activity' in the seven years since it joined the scheme.

Elizabeth Jenkins says volunteers with the local troop simply aren't trained enough to be responsible for flagging potential threats.

At Confederation Building in St. John's today, a crowd gathered in a rally as part of the One Billion Rising campaign which is demanding the provincial government reinstate the Family Violence Intervention Court.

Jennifer Peddle says she hasn't been able to get in touch with her landlord since she moved in to her apartment in November.

Mosley Common in Bloom gave four bird boxes to St John's CE Primary School and Holy Family Catholic Primary School and asked the children to decorate them in any way they liked.

An official from Williams Cos. Inc. will visit the Sauvie Island Community Association meeting on Feb. 20 a the Sauvie Island Grange, 14443 N.W. Charlton Rd .

St. John's city council Monday rejected a last-ditch committee recommendation to award heritage status to two downtown buildings slated for demolition.

The nine-month-old grey male kitten, called Simba, went missing on February 15 at about 6pm near the Portobello pub.The owner, Serina Baig, said: "We are all so heartbroken and miss him very much, just hoping for him to come back."

A FORMER Mayor of Worcester is dumping his membership of the city's Conservatives - after being told he will not be allowed to re-contest his council seat in May. Councillor Aubrey Tarbuck, one of the city's most outspoken politicians, has been "de-selected" for his safe city council seat of St Peter's.

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the Canadian Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ont., in July 2005.

Canadian rock singer/songwriter Bryan Adams will be performing in St. John's in April.

The St. John's County Sheriff's Office is on scene of a home on Kerri Lynn Road and confirmed to First Coast News an investigation is in progress.