Babies and children among 300 bodies in mass grave in UK
A mass grave containing more than 300 bodies, including babies and children, has been uncovered.
An unmarked burial site at Royton Cemetery in Oldham contained 145 stillborn children, 128 babies and young children and 29 adults, local councillors said.
The discovery of the grave, which is about 12 ft (3.6m) by 12ft, was made by a woman from Royton while she was searching for the last resting place of her twin brothers, who died in 1962.
Councillors Maggie Hurley and Jade Hughes said it was a "heartbreaking revelation" and have called for a memorial to be built for all those buried there.
The woman told councillors, who assisted in her search, that her parents had never been able to say goodbye to her twin brothers.
One of them had been stillborn and the other had died withi...
