A cemetery banned mourning families from leaving mementoes on graves after a “health and safety” assessment.
Plot owners at St Michael’s Church in Knights Enham, Hampshire, were “disgusted” to find notices warning that any items left on graves would be removed after a month.
A letter was left on every headstone in the graveyard on behalf of the Andover parish council, which claimed the policy was introduced to protect “the safety of the graveyard”.
