It has a name made for bell ringing, but a newcomer to the Lincolnshire village of Helpringham has called for the church chimes to be silenced. Tony Partridge, 68, said the bell of the clock at St ...

Xavier Pallas plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong!