From tower tops, cathedrals, domes and palaces, the rich peals of silver bells will ring in a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all mankind. Mankind in return is grateful for the ringing of ...

Cpt. Robert Owen would prefer to have volunteers with the Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas Campaign ringing bells at all the stores before Thanksgiving but he gets the marketing value of waiting.

Iwan Cotgreave said the perception of bell ringing needs to change to recruit more people. Church bells are synonymous with Christmas, but could the sound of them ringing soon be consigned to history?