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BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Changes made by council after people buried in wrong graves
A council has made changes to ensure no one is buried in the wrong grave again after two mix-ups at a City Council chiefs apologised earlier this year after mistakes led to two people being buried in the wrong places at Coney Hill Cemetery and council is now working on digitising its cremation and burial records, and the name of the deceased will be placed on the grave with a metal stand ahead of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, councillor Declan Wilson said: "We have engaged with the families and we have apologised to them." The Local Democracy Reporting Service reports that councillor Alastair Chambers first raised awareness of the mistakes in March after Sallyann Anderson, who paid for a plot beside her parents' graves in 2018, visited the cemetery to discover another Sallyann had been buried in April, she told the BBC she was "happy" an exhumation was going to take Wednesday's meeting, Mr Chambers thanked the council for making changes to ensure people are buried in the correct graves, and asked if council chiefs would apologise on behalf of Gloucester City Wilson said he was happy to put the council's apology on the record. He said the council created a spreadsheet for every purchase of reserve graves going all the way back to are now plans to move all of the old records into an electronic cremation and burial system, rather than having them on Chambers said that while it was good to see changes have been made, there would still be a need for burials to be double checked."Given the nature around it, it's really good to get the name tag of the person that is buried there," he said."But please don't forget you buried a Sallyann in the wrong Sallyann's grave. So double checks still need to be done on that."
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
The Forum project in Gloucester behind schedule, council says
A £107m regeneration project has faced unexpected "teething problems" and will open later than anticipated, a city council has said. The Forum, part of Gloucester's King's Quarter development, is designed to provide 135,000 sq ft (12,500 sq m) of office space, retail space, restaurants, a Hotel Indigo, rooftop bar, and multi-storey car invited to the site in October were told The Forum was "nearing completion". But Declan Wilson, Gloucester City Council's deputy leader and resources cabinet member, told Monday's overview and scrutiny committee meeting the development was now "behind schedule". City leaders have not said what has caused the delay. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the new landmark is considered key to Gloucester's regeneration and the project is being driven by the council and developer Reef Monday's meeting, chairman Andrew Gravells asked about the financial situation of The Forum. "Is it working out as it was expected to, in terms of financial contributions and developer contributions?" he Wilson confirmed there had been issues with the project. "All I can say about that is it's behind schedule which is causing us a problem," he said."But as regards lettings etc, it's going better than expected. It's like all big projects. They are never quite complete to the date you are expecting to."As regards The Forum itself, we would have liked to have been able to be in a position to open it sooner than will be the case. "There are teething problems." Mr Wilson added he was did not know how much more he could say about the Gravells wanted to ask another question but was unsure if he was allowed monitoring officer asked what it was and whether it was commercially sensitive and Mr Gravells said he was advised to ask his question in writing."The word is snagging. I think I can say that," Mr Wilson said.
