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Grave diggers in CEC struggling to find new plots in cemeteries, says councillor

Grave diggers in CEC struggling to find new plots in cemeteries, says councillor

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Grave diggers are struggling to dig new plots at cemeteries in Cheshire East because of the size of some existing gravestones and items placed around them, a councillor said.

Cllr Joy Bratherton (Lab) said the council was at fault for letting the situation get out of hand and not ensuring people were aware of what they could and could not do.

April 3, 2023
Cheshire East Council cemetery plans branded “inhumane”

Cheshire East Council cemetery plans branded “inhumane”

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is to reconsider its borough-wide cemetery strategy after claims the plans are “at best thoughtless and at worst inhumane”.

The council reviewed the strategy in 2018 and a long term proposal was that families would have to bury loved ones in Crewe or Macclesfield as other local cemeteries became full.

September 12, 2021