Shooting in Turkey
The body of a North Yorkshire woman who was shot dead in Turkey has been returned to the UK. Her 24-year-old son and 87-year-old mother were also injured by a gunman.
The body of a North Yorkshire woman who was shot dead in Turkey has been returned to the UK. Her 24-year-old son and 87-year-old mother were also injured by a gunman.
Prayers are being said in a North Yorkshire church this morning for a mother who was shot and killed in Turkey last week.
Anne Bury died after a gunman opened fire in a holiday villa in the resort of Dalyan.
Her mother, Cecilia, and son, Alex, were injured.
The family are being remembered at a church service in Swainby where Ms Bury had lived.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.