Crumbling cathedral gets £300,000

More than £300,000 has been raised in the first month of a campaign to save and restore Canterbury Cathedral.

A £50m fundraising drive was launched last month for the building in Kent which is suffering from "old age and modern pollution".

A cathedral spokesman said more than £300,000 was raised by individual donors alone after the campaign launch.

Previous renovation projects were paid for by fundraising appeals about every 30 years.
The spokesman added a detailed archaeological and condition survey was already under way on part of the cathedral to reveal the full extent of the damage. the rest