Council apologises after worker was spotted sitting on gravestone to smoke cigarette during break Leah Emerson saw incident involving worker at Brumby Cemetery, Scunthorpe She felt it showed a lack of respect for the dead and bereaved families visiting North Lincolnshire Council apologised for any distress caused by the incident By Tom Pyman For Mailonline … Read more
Vicar wins court battle against parishioners after tensions ‘boiled over’ when he removed unauthorised toys and trinkets from graves The row over mementoes involved St Edmund’s Church in Kessingland, Suffolk Removed items would be destroyed if not collected during lockdown last May Church judge said the removals were in line with churchyard regulations One parishioner said … Read more
A gravestone for Dambusters hero Guy Gibson’s pet dog ‘N****r’ has been removed and replaced with one without his name – sparking fury among veterans. The stone tablet, which is based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, honoured Gibson’s black Labrador, which was run over by a car and killed on the day of the famous … Read more