{"id":34731,"date":"2022-10-28T17:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34731"},"modified":"2022-10-28T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T16:35:29","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-scarborough-bcs-commitment-to-graveyard-safety-after-resident-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34731","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Scarborough BC\u2019s commitment to graveyard safety after resident complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Scarborough Borough Council (BC) has reiterated its commitment to check headstone safety at the borough\u2019s graveyards after concerns were raised by residents, reports The Scarborough News.<\/em><\/h3>\n
image: for illustration – \u00a0Thomas Tolkien – Flickr: Scarborough, North Yorkshire. (4 of 7), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 if they pose an immediate safety risk they may be carefully laid down\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Scarborough News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

In June of this year, Scarborough Borough Council announced a safety audit of headstones in three Scarborough cemeteries and one Whitby cemetery.<\/p>\n

Some gravestones – deemed unsafe by the inspectors – have even had to be laid flat on the floor.<\/p>\n

However, in recent days there have been a number of concerns from residents, while the story has also been covered in national newspapers and on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show.<\/p>\n

These concerns covered a lack of communication, repair fees and the sensitivity of the audit.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Scarborough Borough Council said: \u201cA sensitive audit of memorial headstones in our three cemeteries to check they are stable and don\u2019t pose a safety risk… is continuing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo headstones have been damaged by our staff and contractors. They are not pushed over but if they pose an immediate safety risk they may be carefully laid down and positioned on the grave face up so that the inscription can still be read…\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scarborough Borough Council (BC) has reiterated its commitment to check headstone safety at the borough\u2019s graveyards after concerns were raised by residents, reports The Scarborough News. image: for illustration – \u00a0Thomas Tolkien – Flickr: Scarborough, North Yorkshire. (4 of 7), … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34733,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34731\/revisions\/34733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}