Restrictions on lorry movements to and from the Winsford mine in Cheshire, the UK's biggest rock salt mine, have been eased to help meet a huge demand for salt.

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Cheshire's Winsford salt mine, the biggest supplier of rock salt in England, has said it only has a few days' supply of surface salt left.

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