Church bell-ringers will be silent at Christmas for the first time in centuries after their ropes were eaten - by squirrels. St Erth Parish Church has held a festive service since the the 15th ...

Church workers discovered the damaged ropes and a grey squirrel (not pictured) at the top of St Erth Parish Church in Cornwall Squirrels are thought to have caused hundreds of pounds of damage by ...

Stunned worshippers watched on as Ian Bowman, 51, was rescued by firefighters and a specialist rope unit. The bell ringer was rushed to a hospital after a rope used to clang the huge bells caught ...

The oldest church bells in the United ... area to pull red and black woolen ropes that dangle from eight holes in the ceiling. There's one for each mammoth bell up in the belfry.

Others are saying that the vandalism was a misguided attempt to secure more money for the church. It was certainly an elaborate crime. Whoever cut the ropes must have stolen the bell tower key ...

Church workers discovered the damaged ropes and a grey squirrel (not pictured) at the top of St Erth Parish Church in Cornwall Squirrels are thought to have caused hundreds of pounds of damage by ...

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