Metal Bridge cemetery grave 'disturbed' and 'damaged' Published duration 22 November 2015

image caption Durham Police cordoned off part of the graveyard at Metal Bridge near Ferryhill and Spennymoor

A grave has been "disturbed" and a "gravestone damaged" in a cemetery, police have said.

Parts of the site at Metal Bridge, between the A1 and Spennymoor in County Durham, have been cordoned off and covered by tents.

Durham Police said they were called at 11:45 GMT on Saturday to the graveyard, which has no adjacent church.

They asked anyone who has information to contact them but would not give further details about what happened.

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image caption The graveyard is at Metal Bridge, which is off the main road between the A1 and Spennymoor