In an out-of-the-way corner of a cemetery in east London, the graves are being dug up. Bodies are lifted out of their coffins, placed in hessian bags and lowered into a communal grave nearby. Once full - it can take 80 corpses -it will be covered over and a new one opened. This may seem a harsh way to deal with the remains of people laid to rest less than a century ago, but there is no space left for new graves. If this popular graveyard is to remain open, the only solution is to reuse old plots. So they are unearthing bodies at a rate of about 10 per week. So far, over 300 have been moved, and another 1000 graves are earmarked for reuse.
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