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Jackie Grant

Dumfries and Galloway councillors calls on Scottish Government to intervene and halt controversial cemetery safety work

More than 1,100 headstones have been dismantled and socketed into the ground in a controversial cemetery safety scheme in Dumfries and Galloway.

The work, which began in 2019, angered Sanquhar families who had not been informed in advance by the council.

And now a call has been made for the Scottish Government to intervene and put the memorial safety programme on hold.

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