A 31-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was killed after being struck by a bus in the Warrington area yesterday afternoon.

The collision occurred in Pennington Lane at 4.45pm, when a single-decker Arriva bus travelling towards St Helens was in collision with the motorcyclist, who has not been named. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male driver of the bus was taken to Whiston hospital to be treated for shock and minor injuries, along with a passenger.

Thousands at fun day

AROUND 6,000 people attended the annual Kensington Summer Fun Day held yesterday.

Emma Rigby, who plays Hannah in the TV soap, Hollyoaks, joined event organisers Kensington Regeneration and guest percussionists Global Pulse to launch the day with a drum roll.

Kensington Regeneration communications chair Enid Bristow said: “It was a fantastic day enjoyed by around 6,000 people.”

Event opener

A GOVERNMENT Minister is to open the World Fire- fighters Games in Liverpool at an Olympic- style ceremony on August 25.

Minister of Sport Gerry Sutcliffe will be part of a Games launch which will include music, sport and a parade of thousands of competitors from more than 30 nations through the centre of the city.

Children’s fear

GIRLS as young as 10 are suffering stress, anxiety and unhappiness as they struggle to cope with the pressures of growing up, according to research out today.

Emotional well-being is being harmed by factors such as premature sexualisation and materialism, the study by Girlguiding UK and the Mental Health Foundation found.

Career calls

MORE than 1,000 people a week are calling a training group asking how they can change their career and take up plumbing, according to a new report today.

Building Trade Skills Centres said the number of people wanting to go on a plumber training course had increased in the past few months.

The organisation surveyed 600 adults and found that almost four out of five now expected to work in a different career before retirement.