HERE is a directory of useful numbers for the St Helens area: POLICE: Help Desk, St Helens Police: 0151 7776050 AMBULANCE SERVICE: Mersey Regional Ambulance Service: 0151 2605220 FIRE SERVICE: Merseyside Fire Service, (admin calls) Hatton Gardens, Liverpool: 0151 2274466 St Helens District Safety Command, Parr Stocks Road, St Helens: 01744 29126 HOSPITALS: St Helens Hospital: Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens. Telephone: 01744 26633. Whiston Hospital: Warrington Road/Dragon Lane, Prescot L35 5DR, Tel: 0151 426 1600 Newton Community Hospital 01925 222731 COURTS: St Helens Magistrates Court, Corporation Street: 20244. St Helens County Court, Cotham Street: 27544 SERVICES: Manweb emergency service: 0845 272 2424 Manweb customer service: 0845 272 1212 Transco Gas emergency service: 0800 111 999 North West Water emergency service: 0345 462200 NUMBERS YOU MAY NEED: Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111. Call free if you have information about any crime - you do not have to give your name and you may receive a reward. Victim Support: St Helens East - 01925 220411; St Helens West and Prescot 0151 493 1557 RSPCA: 0990 555 999 Emergencies and general enquiries OTHERS: Age Concern St Helens, The Mansion House, Victoria Park, St Helens: 01744 752644 Alcoholics Anonymous: 0151 709 2900 Alzheimers Disease Society: 01744 458393 Blood Donors Merseyside Regional Transfusion Centre: 0345 711711 British Heart Foundation: 01744 736990 Carers' National Association: 01744 25337 Citizens Advice Bureaux: 01744 22935 or 01744 732499 Crisis Pregnancy Service: 01744 611093 Crossroads: 01744 612499, Support and information for people who care for a disabled person at home. DASH (Disability Advice and Information St Helens): 01744 750545 Domestic Violence Helpline: 0151 777 6183 (Family Support Unit) Drinkline (local call): 0345 32 02 02 Gamblers Anonymous: 0161 976 5000 Lifeline (Drugs Advice) 01925 653261 LIFE Pregnancy Care Service: 01744 750020 Manic Depression Support Group: 0161 953 4105 MENCAP: 0151 226 6696 Meningitis Trust: 01453 751738 Merseyside Drugs Council: 01744 730072 Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain (St Helens branch) 01744 25261 National Childbirth Trust: 01744 883458 National Schizophrenia Fellowship: 01704 531019 NSPCC Child Protection Helpline 24 Hour Service: Freefone 0800 800 500 Parkinson's Disease Society (St Helens branch): 01744 736633 Quitline (Helpline for Smokers): Freefone 0800 00 22 00 Relate St Helens: 01744 27118 St Helens Lesbian, Gay and Bi-sexual Helpline: 01744 454823 St Helens Bereavement Service: 01744 451793 St Helens Council 01744 456000 St Helens Dyslexia Association: 0870 990 7336 Samaritans (local call): 0345 90 90 90 Tourist information from St Helens Council on 01744 456000. St Helens Career Service (Student Services): 01744 633550 St Helens Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise: 01744 742000 St Helens Coalition of Disabled People 01744 453343 St Helens College 01744 733766 St Helens Dyslexia Association 0870 990 7336 St Helens Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations 01744 758002 St Helens Hepatitis B Helpline: 215-489-4900 St Helens Hepatitis C Helpline: 0845 223 4424 St Helens Housing Association (General Office) 01744 739370 St Helens Trading Standards (Consumer Advice) 01744 456306 St Helens TUC Community Resource Centre 01744 755889