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St. Helens

American  
[hel-uhnz] / ˈhɛl ənz /

noun

  1. a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.

  2. Mount, an active volcano in SW Washington, part of the Cascade Range: seven major eruptions during 1980, the first since 1854–57. 8,364 feet (2,549 meters).


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Emma Beck and St Helens Council have been contacted for comment.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Details of the conviction were not aired during the campaign, which saw Beck elected to represent the Thatto Heath ward on St Helens Council.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The 32-year-old from St Helens told the BBC that after realising how little information there was on endometriosis, she decided to petition for there to be a national endometriosis registry.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The 41-year-old was MP for St Helens North from 2015 until 2024, serving as an independent after he was suspended by the Labour Party in December 2022.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Whatever I’d done in Mount St Helens had drained me like nothing else I’d ever experienced.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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