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A HEREFORDSHIRE church can finally get a new roof thanks to a share of a £483,000 payout from the National Churches Trust. A £10,000 grant from the National Churches Trust's Cornerstone scheme will help complete roof repairs at the Grade I listed St Barnabas church in Brampton Bryan, in north Herefordshire. The church, dubbed ‘The Puritans Preaching Box’, will be watertight again which will preserve its historic fabric. The church also received a £4,000 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust. Broadcaster an...

A West Cumbrian church has been awarded £10,000 from the National Churches Trust towards essential repairs. Our Lady and St Michael's in Workington will receive the National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant, which will help fund urgent masonry repairs to window stonework and surrounds of two stained glass windows, as a first step in a programme of repairs to help take this Grade II listed church off the Heritage At Risk Register. John Garner, chairman of the Workington Stella Maris Project Group said they are delighted. He said: “The Workington Stella Maris Project Group is delighted...

Oxburgh Hall chimney reconstruction work underway as part of National Trust roof project  | Updated: 11:19, 17 December 2020 The first five of 27 ornate mock-Tudor chimneys have been reconstructed ahead of Christmas at a Grade I listed country house. As part of a £6million roof project at the National Trust’s Oxburgh Hall, bricks for the new chimneys are being hand-made using traditional methods. Added for decoration in the Victorian era and now in need of urgent repair, only five of the chimneys are being restored using existing bricks. Oxburgh Hall A total of 12,000 bricks weighin...

Jeff Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gives away $5.9bn in four months 16 Dec, 2020 06:05 PM 4 minutes to read MacKenzie Scott pictued next to her ex-husband Jeff Bezos. Photo / Getty Images Other MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has given US$4.2bn (NZ$5.9bn) to groups helping the vulnerable in what could be one of the fastest charitable giveaways in history. Ms Scott, who formerly went by the name MacKenzie Bezos, pledged to donate the bulk of her wealth to charity last year following her separation from Mr Bezos. In a round of donations early this year, Ms Scott gav...

Crofton Beam Engines hopes to be back up and running next year Crofton Beam Engines, owned by the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, has just completed a major £750,000 project to restore and protect its Grade 1 listed building. It houses the oldest working beam engine in the world that is still in its original location and capable of performing the task for which it was installed. The The project to tell 'Our Crofton Story', which was supported by a grant of over £500,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, has also delivered new accessible and family friendly toilets and a disabled r...