UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News
By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent
More than 11,000 people have signed a petition calling for the bell ringers at York Minster to be reinstated after they were sacked and ringing suspended until a new team is appointed next year.
The group of 30 volunteers say they were stunned when they were told their services were no longer required and asked to hand in the key fobs that gave them access to the bell tower.
Alice Etherington, the bell ringer who started the petition, told Sky News: “It’s not the way to go about changing things and getting people loyal and dedicated to you when you already have people loyal and dedicated to you and the services.
“We adore the Minster, we adore our community life there and we’re part of it and we feel shunned.”
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