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A mass grave containing more than 300 bodies, including babies and children, has been uncovered. An unmarked burial site at Royton Cemetery in Oldham contained 145 stillborn children, 128 babies and young children and 29 adults, local councillors said. It is thought to be from before the 1980s, where stillborn babies were taken away from families who were not given any details of what happened to their babies or where they were buried. Speaking to Anita Anand on PM, local councillor Maggie Hurley said it was "scary to think that there was babies lying in graves and no-one knew they were there". In a separate report, Evan Davis spoke to Zoe Clarke-Coates from The Mariposa Trust, a charity that supports people with baby loss. She said she likes to think to treatment of the bodies was "a lack of education rather than cruelty". If any part of this report has affected you, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline
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