Health · 6 hours ago
1,000+ stillborn babies buried without consent
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Unmarked graves across Wirral contain the remains of over 1,000 babies, with an additional 270 interred in a burial ground in Oldham. Health Secretary Yvette Cooper apologised in the Commons on Monday, saying parents were denied any say over their babies' remains. Gina Jacobs only learned 53 years later that her son Robert, stillborn in 1969, lay in a shared grave with over 60 others.
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