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Newtownabbey Crematorium opens following £5m investment

Newtownabbey Crematorium, a new state-of-the-art facility on Doagh Road, opened earlier this week (5 June), following a £5m investment by…

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Owens Funeral Directors receives Funeral Guide award

Owens Funeral Directors based in Liscard Village, Wirral, has received a Five-Star Award from The Funeral Guide for its “outstanding…

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Sheffield General Cemetery completes £3m four-year conservation

Sheffield General Cemetery has reopened following the conclusion of its £3m four-year conservation and repair programme that had been carried…

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Westerleigh Group to offer Father’s Day memorials

Westerleigh Group’s crematoria are marking Father’s Day with a number of different events and activities to enable families to commemorate…

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Shortage of priests in Northern Ireland could affect funerals

A senior cleric has warned that a shortage of priests in some parts of Northern Ireland could mean there is…

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M&R Funeral Service to open Hemel Hempstead branch

A new family-run funeral home, M&R Funeral Service Ltd, will be opening a branch in Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, to…

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Harborough District Council completes cemetery extension

Harborough District Council has completed Northampton Road Cemetery’s extension and improvement works. Expanding into the grounds at the rear of…

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Paisley’s Hawkhead Cemetery to complete refurb by June

Renfrewshire Council has commenced improvement works at Hawkhead Cemetery and is expected to be complete by the end of June.…

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Policy report touts need for grief education in curriculum

A new policy report has been published which demonstrates the need to integrate grief education into the statutory curriculum in…

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Wildlife trust encourages graveyard wildlife initiative

The Somerset Wildlife Trust is encouraging church communities across the West Somerset region to take part in a wildlife initiative,…

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