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Daily Mirror
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Pol Allingham & Alice Peacock

Grieving mum whose daughter died during birth wins battle with council over fence around grave

A grieving mum whose daughter died after getting stuck in the birth canal during delivery has won a year-long battle with the council to have a white picket fence around the grave.

Hollie Bourne arrived at the baby cemetery to bury her newborn daughter and discovered her child’s grave was one of the few without a fence.

After seeing the decorated plots at Hawkinge Cemetery in Folkestone, Kent, next to the concrete slabs she was supposed to use, the 23-year-old had a fence erected for her daughter.

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