This time the workers were wearing disposable underwear and other protective gear after a delay prompted by fears of lead contamination.

Activity resumed under strict lead-protection measures for the stonemasons, clean-up workers and scientists working on the site, according to the Culture Ministry.

They include throwaway full-body clothing, obligatory showers and a new decontamination zone to ensure that they do not track pollution outside the site.

The workers are clearing out hazardous debris and studying and consolidating the medieval monument – a crucial first step to prepare the fragile cathedral for a long, multimillion-pound reconstruction effort.

But even this first step is taking longer than expected because of lead worries.

Hundreds of tons of lead melted in the April 15 fire that decimated Notre Dame’s roof and toppled its spire, spewing toxic dust into the air.

Some environmental activists and residents say French authorities underplayed the lead poisoning risks in the aftermath of the blaze.

Under pressure from labour inspectors, the Paris regional administration ordered the consolidation work to be halted in July pending new worker-protection measures.

Now multiple lead-prevention operations are under way in the area around Notre Dame. Experts are carrying out a deep clean of neighbourhood schools and are spraying chemical agents and vacuuming surrounding streets to remove any residual lead.

The regional health authority said last month that…

The wedding ceremony of Jamie Wallace and Ian McDowall at the Rutherglen United Reformed Church in Glasgow was filmed as part of an episode on faith and marriage. 

It also included a couple where the husband was an atheist and the wife was a Christian. 

The episode has been praised by websites such as pink news and stonewall, with one author saying: “Places of worship should be safe spaces where we can bring every part of ourselves, but the exclusion I’ve felt in the past made me reluctant to bring my whole self to church.”

However, many have expressed disappointment in what they see as the increased liberalism within the church and willingness to accept culture’s norms. 

Graham Nicholls from the Affinity network of evangelical churches in the UK told Premier his problem with churches, like the URC congregation showed, was that it epitomised what he sees as a departure from God’s word: “It’s normally not just the one thing. It’s not like in all other areas they’re very orthodox and Bible-believing and teaching the gospel and in this one area they happen to think differently…it’s more like this is a part of a sort of continuum of probably moving away from biblical Christianity and moving to a kind of religiosity which says ‘we won’t really define the terms, but we’ll say love is good and justice is good and inclusivity is good and that kind of means we…

The 20 year old midwifery student was murdered by Shofah El-Israel, whose birth name is Ajibola Shogbamimu, and he has been sentenced to 17 years.

He also attended the closed and strict community at Israel United in Christ Church, where they believe that black people are the natural 12 tribes of Israel.

He was convicted of murder despite Joy’s body never being found.

In a video appealing to anyone who might know or stumble across information, Detective Superintendent Jo Walker, Head of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, explained the unique challenges of investigating cases where the absence of a body means that forensic opportunity is reduced.

Det Supt Walker said: “She had a life with the church, she had friends, she had family and there were events that Joy had planned.

“If she were alive there are things that she would still be doing.”

She added: “We really would like to find Joy’s body – somebody out there, somewhere, we hope has some information, however small that may be, that could help lead us to Joy’s body. I would urge anyone who has information or thinks they remember anything back from those dates that would help us, please contact us.”

“We’ve got a family that are without their daughter’s body. I would urge anyone that’s got any information to please come forward and help us find Joy’s body and get her back to her…