Deborah Hanneghan, a Labour councillor in King's Lynn, questioned why investigations to find new cemetery plots in the town are only just beginning, despite the problem being known "for some time".

West Norfolk Council (WNC) expects the Gayton Road Cemetery to run out of space by next year, with just 55 viable plots remaining.

Gayton Road Cemetery, which is running out of grave plots (Image: Google)

Problems at the site have been caused by rising groundwater levels, with the high water table rendering more than half of its 5,400 plots "non-compliant" to Environment Agency regulations.

At an environment and community panel meeting this week, Ms Heneghan, who is the deputy leader of the Labour opposition group at WNC, said: "This has obviously........

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