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Grieving Families 'Annoyed' as Memorial Benches Moved without Warning for Big Wheel

WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, JUL 16 – North Yorkshire Council moved Sophie Lancaster's memorial bench for a 28-day sightseeing wheel installation and plans a rededication ceremony in November, officials said.

Summary by The Northern Echo
Grieving families reacted in outrage after benches erected in memory of lost loved ones were moved without them being told.

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Grieving families 'annoyed' as memorial benches moved without warning for big wheel

Grieving families reacted in outrage after benches erected in memory of lost loved ones were moved without them being told.

·County Durham, United Kingdom
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‘Take care of my baby’: Heartfelt ceremony marks anniversary of Midland woman’s murder

​“Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t need a transition house? Isn’t that the ultimate objective?”

·Niagara Falls, Canada
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Loved ones’ ‘shock’ after memorial bench of murdered woman moved

A memorial bench was created on Whitby's West Cliff in honour of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered, aged 20, in Stubbylee Park, Bacup.

·Blackburn, United Kingdom
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'Take care of my baby': Heartfelt ceremony marks anniversary of Midland woman's murder

'We can't just call women who are murdered for the sake of being women another homicide,' local official says at emotional unveiling of purple bench

·Midland, Canada
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lancashiretelegraph.co.uk broke the news in Blackburn, United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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