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| Council chief willing to meet Aberdeen baby ashes families | |
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| The chief executive of Aberdeen City Council is willing to meet families involved after a critical report on the crematorium baby ashes scandal. | |
| "Unethical and abhorrent practices" - including babies being cremated with unrelated adults - were carried out at Hazlehead, the report said on Monday. | "Unethical and abhorrent practices" - including babies being cremated with unrelated adults - were carried out at Hazlehead, the report said on Monday. |
| The Crown Office is to examine the results of the probe. | The Crown Office is to examine the results of the probe. |
| Angela Scott told councillors she was more than happy to write to families involved, or meet them. | |
| After the report was published, she had apologised "unreservedly" on behalf of the council in a statement, but did not answer media questions. | |
| Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini prepared the 400-page national cremation investigation. | Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini prepared the 400-page national cremation investigation. |
| The inquiry was commissioned by the Scottish government. | The inquiry was commissioned by the Scottish government. |
| BBC Scotland revealed in 2013 that no ashes had been offered to the families of infants cremated in Aberdeen over a five-year period. | BBC Scotland revealed in 2013 that no ashes had been offered to the families of infants cremated in Aberdeen over a five-year period. |
| Baby and adult ashes were mixed together and given back to relatives of the adult, while the parents of infants were told there were no ashes. | Baby and adult ashes were mixed together and given back to relatives of the adult, while the parents of infants were told there were no ashes. |
| The crematorium at Hazlehead in Aberdeen was among those investigated after it emerged staff at the Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh had been burying baby ashes in secret for decades. | The crematorium at Hazlehead in Aberdeen was among those investigated after it emerged staff at the Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh had been burying baby ashes in secret for decades. |