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Inquiry into crematorium's failure to return babies' ashes | Inquiry into crematorium's failure to return babies' ashes |
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An independent inquiry will be held into a council crematorium's failure to return the ashes of dead babies to their families. | An independent inquiry will be held into a council crematorium's failure to return the ashes of dead babies to their families. |
It comes after a BBC investigation found just one in 30 sets of baby ashes were returned to families by Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury since 2004. | It comes after a BBC investigation found just one in 30 sets of baby ashes were returned to families by Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury since 2004. |
Glen Perkins, whose four-month-old daughter Olivia was cremated in 2007, said he was told there were no remains. | Glen Perkins, whose four-month-old daughter Olivia was cremated in 2007, said he was told there were no remains. |
Shropshire Council leader Keith Barrow confirmed the inquiry would take place. | |
He said: "I want to help the people involved and get some form of resolution. | He said: "I want to help the people involved and get some form of resolution. |
'Glimmer of hope' | 'Glimmer of hope' |
"I am not sure if it's possible but we will do our best to achieve that." | "I am not sure if it's possible but we will do our best to achieve that." |
Mr Perkins and his wife, Louise, from Shrewsbury, lost their daughter Olivia to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and opted to have her cremated. | Mr Perkins and his wife, Louise, from Shrewsbury, lost their daughter Olivia to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and opted to have her cremated. |
Welcoming the news of the inquiry, Mr Perkins said: "I want them to dig right down to the roots." | Welcoming the news of the inquiry, Mr Perkins said: "I want them to dig right down to the roots." |
Mrs Perkins said the inquiry probably would not give them the answers they wanted but said at least she now had "a glimmer of hope". | Mrs Perkins said the inquiry probably would not give them the answers they wanted but said at least she now had "a glimmer of hope". |
Mr Barrow has not revealed timescales or who will conduct the independent inquiry. | |
The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management said they believed it could be the first inquiry of its type in England. | The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management said they believed it could be the first inquiry of its type in England. |
Co-op Funeral Care, which has run Emstrey crematorium on behalf of Shropshire Council since 2011, has previously said in some circumstances there were "no recoverable cremated remains" from baby cremations. | Co-op Funeral Care, which has run Emstrey crematorium on behalf of Shropshire Council since 2011, has previously said in some circumstances there were "no recoverable cremated remains" from baby cremations. |
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