Church burials resume

A church in the Black Country is to start reusing parts of its grounds for burials because of growing demand for space.

Hundreds of graves could be made available at Holy Trinity Church, in Heath Town, Wolverhampton, for the first burials in 20 years.

The scheme would allow unmarked graves more than 50 years old to be "over-buried" with new ones.

It will only affect the area known as the "old ground" immediately around the church, and will not include graves that have a headstone or memorial, or which have more recent burials.

The church says there is a demand from parishioners to be buried there and the practice is common in older churches such as Holy Trinity, which was built in 1852.