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Enzo Cornejo tells the anaesthetists he wants to know exactly when they are going to put him to sleep. There’s something ...
The project saw five of the church's bells restored while two others were acquired from former churches in Lancashire and Sussex. The two oldest, from 1630 and 1668, were originally cast in the ...
A set of Somerset church bells which have been silent for most of the past century have rung out once again. The bell mechanism at St Andrew's Church, in Compton Dundon, fell into disrepair in the ...
One local wrote: "Three objectors should not be allowed to influence whether the bells ring or not. 177 years is an amazing length of time for them to have been rung. It's part of our history.
Why don’t they ring any more? I have observed many iron church bells in front of the houses of worship across the county. I have often wondered why I haven’t heard any of them ring.
There used to be a tradition that ringing church bells would drive out evil spirits. Now it’s the bells that are being driven out. The latest set of chimes to fall foul of complainers are in ...
The council said, "A group of people calling themselves 'Soldiers of God' attacked the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, breaking the outer gate, causing chaos in the ...
St Saviour’s Church in Arklow will play host to an evening of classical music headlined by acclaimed Irish soprano Celine Byrne on June 28 to help fund the restoration of the parish’s 125-year ...
Residents left furious by the decision set up an online petition to reinstate the bells, which they referred to as “the soundtrack of our community’s daily life”. The petition reads: "Growing up in ...
On Sundays, a peal of bells sounds out at a nearby church, and on weekday evenings too you can hear the ringing, as the tower captain and his team practise Plain Bob Major or Grandsire Triples or ...
For the first time in 100 years on Sunday Compton Dundon church bells were heard across the village in a full peal of six after £160,000 was raised to restore them.
A Worcestershire church has been given funding to replace its bellringing ropes. The ringing of the bells at St Mary's Church in Kempsey dates back to the 17th Century but the special ropes to help ...