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Grave decision: overcrowding at cemetry leads to stacking of four coffins in the same grave

Britain: An overcrowded churchyard is set to stack coffins four deep in an attempt to save space.

Banwell Parish Council in Somerset is considering a system where burial caskets are laid on top of each other underground - bringing the coffins right to the surface of the churchyard.

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