'Our church bells may fall silent after VAT change'

Melsonby villagers raised £170,000 to cover repairs but need to find more funds after a rule change.

Parishioners’ campaign to save church bells thwarted by Labour VAT raid

A campaign to save a historic church has been dealt a blow after Labour’s decision to end a VAT loophole for listed places of worship.

Labour worship tax may silence 13th century church bells

The 13th-century bells of a North Yorkshire church may never ring again because of Labour’s changes to VAT rules.
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Church bells ring in East Ridge for first time in 13 years with help from a Catholic priest

Church bells are again chiming in East Ridge, more than a decade after they went silent. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Parish gathered funds this winter to purchase the necessary technology ...
AOL

'It's a miracle!' Akron church bells ring again in time for Christmas following robbery

After thieves climbed up to the steeple and stole a set of loudspeakers last month, the sound of ringing bells is back just in time for Christmas at the Arlington Church of the Nazarene in East Akron ...
WTAE-TV

Leechburg church bells set to ring on Easter Sunday

EASTER AND IT’S WORKING PERFECTLY. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY FOR US TO CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS THAN TO CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF OUR CARILLON, PASTOR JAMES ARTER SAYS. THE CHURCH BUILDING ...
National Catholic Register

We Lose So Much When We Lose Church Bells

If you hear the word “tintinnabulation,” you are almost certainly going to think of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, “The Bells,” perhaps only because you are unlikely to remember anyplace else you’ve heard ...