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Good morning, Warrington. Mike here. This is The Warrington Scoop, the local newsletter that keeps you in the loop on everything Warrington.

Grab your favourite brew, and let's start. ☕

P.S. If you want to read a web copy of Monday’s what’s on guide, you can find it here.

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This is a great house that they have sent over for us today. If you've ever dreamed of a character cottage with a beautiful garden just a short walk from Lymm village, this might be the one.

Fox Cottage, 32 Rushgreen Road, Lymm
£950,000

Click here to have a nosey.

There is so much going on at Warrington Arts Festival this week that we can't possibly fit it all in. Here are some things you might wanna check out. Head to wcaf.culturewarrington.org/whats-on for the full guide of what’s on. A lot of it is free or very reasonably priced, and there's something for everyone.

🪐 Mars | Parr Hall | Sat 18 – Sat 25 July | Free, book ahead
A seven-metre NASA-imaged sculpture of Mars suspended from Parr Hall's ceiling. The other year there was one about the moon that was great.

🧘 Yoga Under Mars | Parr Hall | Sat 18th & Sun 19th July, 10am | From £10
Is it not every day you can say you went and did Yoga under Mars, is it?

🛁 Sound Bath Under Mars | Parr Hall | Sat 18th & Sun 19th July, 11.15am | From £10
A relaxing sound bath experience in the most amazing setting in Warrington.

🌿 Garden Sounds | Queen's Gardens | Sat 18th & Sun 19th July, 1pm | Free
Live music and sound installations in Queen's Gardens, which sounds like a lovely way to spend an afternoon.

🎪 Cosmic Groove: Celestia | Parr Hall | Sat 18th July, 7pm | From £5 (Ages 16-30s)
An immersive club night under Mars with DJs, live performances and hands-on creative activities.

👶 Tiny Ravers | Parr Hall | Wed 22 July, 2pm | Free, book ahead
A baby rave. Under Mars. A sensory dance experience for little ones — because why should adults have all the fun?

🎸 HENGE | Parr Hall | Thu 23 July, 7.30pm | From £26
An award-winning Manchester band bringing their unique blend of rave and prog rock for a live gig under Mars.

🎪 Pigments | Bank Park | Fri 24th July, 5pm & Sat 25 July, 9.30pm | Free
12 French acrobats performing 15 metres above ground in Bank Park. There are two different shows, and both are free.

🌻 Family Garden Party | Queen's Gardens | Sat 25 July, 1pm | Free, no booking needed
Last year’s family garden party was amazing, so it is good to see it back. This one is a free afternoon of performances, circus, acrobatics, and picnicking in Queen's Gardens.

This week we made a video about Bank House, which is on Sankey Street. This was really popular video, with a lot of you talking about what it used to be used for years ago. At the moment, it's empty, but plans are in place to turn it into a hotel. If you want to find out a bit more about the history of it, then check out this video below.

🚘 This video is really random, but that's what The Scoop is all about. There's an abandoned car in the Golden Square car park downstairs. It's been there for months. We're not sure how long, but a very long time. If you know why this is here, let us know, and check out this video.

🎸 One thing we forgot to include in Monday's newsletter is the Pasha music festival. Pasha is what was called the old townhouse years ago. You've got 33 amazing singers on throughout the day, 12 hours of live music. It looks like it'll be a great day out, and the weather also looks to be good.

🍛 There's a new Indian restaurant called Royal India that opened on Church Street yesterday, where the Eagle and Spaceman used to be. If you end up going, please let us know what it's like and we can share it with other Scoop readers. 

🌺 Have you ever been to Belle Fields Brew in Appleton? Well from the 25th of July their wildflower season is back where you can go and pick your own wildflowers. You can also grab a coffee and some homemade cake on our screen. It really is a lovely place. 

🍷 There's a new wine and deli bar opening in Lymm called Truffle. This is at number 5 of the Cross. They'll be serving wine, cheese boards, and organic produce. People have already said how good it is (Get down there this weekend and make the most of the weather 😎).

🍺 Bar 9 has opened in Padgate, formerly called Brewers, and it's reopening under new owners, a local family. If you get a chance this weekend, pop in and let us know what it's like.

⛪ St. Oswald's Church in Winwick needs £300,000 to repair the church. The initial target they've tried to raise is £10,000, which will help go towards the repairs. It's an amazing church and a really old building. If you have a few pounds to spare, it would be great if you could chip in and help them out.

📖 Warrington author Paul Woodage has just published his debut book, My Red Hand: The Suffering of Innocence. It's a true story exploring themes of resilience, childhood trauma and survival, and has already picked up five-star reviews on Amazon.

Here are some positive stories from around the town over the past few days.

🏆 ‘Glue that holds it together’ - Warrington caretaker wins top school award (Warrington Guardian)

💅 Orford nail technician becomes finalist at prestigious awards (Warrington Guardian)

⚽ Warrington Town and Warrington Rylands fixtures (Warrington Guardian)

If you've not played Warrington Wordle yet, give it a try. We had an email last week from a new reader. It was her first time playing, and she got it in one go, and she was chuffed, so give it a go and let us know how you get on (we do read every email reply).

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Catch you on Monday.

Mike

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