‘Distress and anguish’ caused as cemetery floods after heavy rain – again

A section of Tonge Cemetery was flooded last week after heavy downpours.

And now  a councillor has said he will contact local authority’s engineers to see if anything can be done to prevent the ground becoming waterlogged in the future.

Part of the flooded section contains the graves of nuns from the sisters of the Cross and Passion Order.

Ward councillor Martin Donaghy said the issue had been there since before he was…