Gwen Kinghorn, 53, a regular bell ringer at the 13th Century church told the BBC she was completely baffled and said she had no idea of who could have done it. "I was pulling the rope and it just fell ...

This Bell Rope was made by William Houghton in 1974, he was my Boson in the R.N.X.S. He started as an appentice sailmaker on the "Themopylae" when he was aged 13 the sister ship of the Cutty Sark. He ...

Ian Bowman who was ringing in cathedral tower was flipped upside down and trapped 80ft up after catching his foot in a rope A bell-ringer who was hoisted in the air before crashing to the ground after ...

Bell ringer Trevor Arnold (left) has perfected the art of rope making, which he initially took up as a hobby A man from Kent who learnt a new hobby in lockdown has been asked to make ropes for the ...

A man whose foot was caught in a rope in a cathedral's bell tower and pulled into the air has been winched to safety. The bell-ringer, named as Ian Bowman, is reported to have suffered a head wound ...

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 century ...

A man from Kent who learnt a new hobby in lockdown has been asked to make ropes for the West End musical Sister Act. Bell-ringer Trevor Arnold, from Rodmersham, near Sittingbourne, took up rope making ...