We were honoured to welcome the Mayor of Adlington, Councillor Beverley Speers, and her husband, John Speers, to a Requiem Mass at St Paul's on Saturday. The First Citizen led villagers in praying for the repose of the soul of Her Late Majesty The Queen.

The Mass was celebrated by the Vicar, Father Graeme Buttery, who preached movingly about Queen Elizabeth II's devotion to duty and her deep faith in the Lord Jesus. At the end, the congregation stood to sing two verses of the National Anthem, the first time in over seventy years that "God Save the King" has been heard in our church.