JemmaPage published Grieving son 'faces bankruptcy' after forking out almost...

A grieving son says he faces bankruptcy after ploughing almost all of his life savings into his mum's funeral. Steven Else bought a grave plot four years ago in Carlton Cemetery after his dad, Douglas, died at the age of 86. Steven, of Briar Wood Avenue, Thorneywood, has now discovered he has to pay an additional £1,458 to open the grave and bury his mum, who died last week – because he lives 20 feet outside the Gedling boundary. If the 52-year-old lived in the borough, it...