The Yorkshire Post says: Notre-Dame will rise from the ashes thanks to symbols of hope and lessons learned at York Minster

The blackened Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after Monday's devastating fire.

THE SYMBOLISM was striking as photographs emerged of the giant cross still in place on the altar of the iconic Notre-Dame cathedral hours after a devastating blaze left this historic building in ruins.

On the eve of Easter and spiritual events to mark Christ’s resurrection, its very survival has been likened to a miracle and become a symbol of hope for a shattered France – and all those who cherish world heritage sites – as thoughts turn to the restoration of this 850-year-old cathedral.

Now bereft of the historic medieval timbers that lined the Notre-Dame’s roof, known as la foret, and which were the backdrop to so much history and trauma through the ages, the French should draw great comfort from the outpouring of compassion around the world as flames engulfed a place of worship visited by 12 million people a year.