Sorry to hear about the website Barry, but this is WHY it's so important to keep backups.
What was the hosters reason for removing the site content? Are they going to compensate you for the loss? The hosting company would have a backup of your website, they're just lying to you in order to save themselves some work. If they really valued their customers, they'd help you out.
Hosting is my speciality area at work - I do all of the Windows & Linux web hosting, as well as Hosted Exchange and complex DNS at work. My employer has a back up of everything and we'd certainly help a customer out with this sort of problem. But then again, your website would never have been removed without your express written permission ;-) You pay dirt cheap for hosting, this is the sort of crap you get. I see it all the time in my line...
Dave
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