Lymm Rushbearing set to return!
ORGANISERS are confident the ancient Lymm Rushbearing Festival, re-born in the early 1970s, will return to the village on Sunday, August 8th.
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Latest COVID-19 and vaccination data as new cases almost non-existent in most areas of Warrington
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Walk this way to volunteer and help lead LiveWire’s popular Health Walks around Warrington
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John Dwyer takes office as Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner
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COVID-19 infection rates in Warrington almost half the national average
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Appeal launched after teenage girl forced into car during alleged kidnapping at Lymm
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