Residents rage at Scots council after cemetery plots dug next to homes
Rutherglen Cemetery are facing a grave situation – after South Lanarkshire Council began investigating new plots next to their gardens without telling them.Residents on Broomieknowe Drive were stunned on Monday to wake up and find diggers had already started work testing the suitability of new lairs.The cemetery is already near to capacity, and the local authority have been looking at ways to expand the site.Previously a “border strip” had been in place to ensure that there was sufficient space between the cemetery and the back gardens of houses on the street.However, these new proposed plots have been placed directly behind the properties, in some cases stopping just inches short of fences and gates.Karen Docherty, whose home is one of