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| Prayers are being said every hour at the Archbishop of York's home for the safe return of a university chef who disappeared more than a week ago. | Prayers are being said every hour at the Archbishop of York's home for the safe return of a university chef who disappeared more than a week ago. |
| Claudia Lawrence, 35, was last seen after leaving the University of York's Goodricke College last Wednesday. | Claudia Lawrence, 35, was last seen after leaving the University of York's Goodricke College last Wednesday. |
| Dr John Sentamu said he was asked to pray for Miss Lawrence by her father Peter when they spoke on Thursday. | Dr John Sentamu said he was asked to pray for Miss Lawrence by her father Peter when they spoke on Thursday. |
| Mr Lawrence has denied suggestions that his daughter disappeared after a secret meeting with a new boyfriend. | |
| He told the BBC's Missing Live programme: "It's just so unlikely, I think one of her friends would have known [if she had a boyfriend]. | |
| "She's the sort of person, who is bubbly, who is sociable, who chats to her friends. So if I didn't know, her friends would have known." | |
| 'Alarm bells' | |
| Mr Lawrence said his daughter had arranged to meet a friend, Suzy, on Thursday night and had arranged to meet him on Friday. | |
| Claudia Lawrence's father Peter interviewed on Missing Live, BBC One | |
| He said she would have made contact if her plans had changed and she could not make it. | |
| "Suzy rang me at lunchtime on Friday," he said. | |
| "I rang Goodricke College and they said she didn't turn up for work on Thursday. | |
| "So that's when serious alarm bells rang and I rang the police." | |
| Mr Lawrence also said his daughter did not know how to use a computer. | |
| He appealed to anyone with information about Claudia, no matter how trivial, to contact police. | |
| "There must be somebody out there who knows where Claudia is and wherever she is I hope she is safe." | |
| Dr Sentamu will say prayers in the chapel at his home | |
| The Archbishop of York said anyone with information about Claudia's whereabouts could contact him at his Bishopthorpe Palace residence if they did not feel they could speak to police. | |
| He said: "When I asked Peter Lawrence if there was anything I could do for him his answer was simple: 'pray'. | |
| "Prayers for Claudia's safety, for those leading the investigation into her disappearance and for her to be reunited with her family will take place at Bishopthorpe Chapel hourly." | |
| People are also being invited into a church near Miss Lawrence's home to light candles and pray for her return. | People are also being invited into a church near Miss Lawrence's home to light candles and pray for her return. |
| Rev Michael Woodmansey, the vicar of Holy Trinity in Heworth, said people were "shocked and worried" about Miss Lawrence's disappearance. | Rev Michael Woodmansey, the vicar of Holy Trinity in Heworth, said people were "shocked and worried" about Miss Lawrence's disappearance. |