Health and safety-mad council orders 'wonderful' Good Samaritan to stop cleaning gravestones
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A council has threatened a Good Samaritan with legal action for voluntarily cleaning neglected gravestones.Ben McGregor, 25, who lost his father and best friend to suicide, voluntarily washes headstones in order to "do his bit for the community".Mr McGregor manages his cleaning requests through a Facebook page, and said he always ensures he has the permission of the grave owners before embarking on any project.South Tyneside Council ordered him to stop after it was "made aware" that graves in Hebburn were being cleaned "without authorisation".
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The council added that it would be "inappropriate" to allow memorials to be cleaned "in areas where safety checks have not taken place".Safety, risk, insurance and liability checks needed to be carried out before Mr McGregor could continue his cleaning, it said.Mr McGregor said the letter was "health and safety gone mad".He has now vowed to continue his cleaning after receiving support from the community in...
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