Rehearsals are underway for one of the largest and most colourful parades ever to hit the streets of Northwich.

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - and many other cities around the world - is held to mark the beginning of Lent. The festival begins on the Friday afternoon preceding Ash Wednesday and ends at ...

Sequence 1: Paired flag-waving. Travel forwards together, as if in a carnival procession, stopping with the whistle to perform special flag waving moves from previous programme, standing next to ...