Current Affairs

Celebrant predicts ‘the end of traditional services’

A leading celebrant has highlighted the need for his profession to adapt to a growing trend within the funeral profession,…

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Preventable mortality is related to area deprivation, finds ONS

New information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that avoidable, amenable and preventable mortality is strongly related to…

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Funeral debt has risen to £160m

The Royal London National Funeral Cost Index 2017 has revealed that the average cost of a funeral has increased to £3,784.…

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Funeral directors fund sound system for local church

Lyndsay and Nicki Ellis of The Vale Funeral Service have donated a sound system costing just under £2000 to All…

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Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground launches new website

Set in South Downs National Park, Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground has launched a new website this month, providing customers…

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Robot priests set to perform funerals

A Japanese company has created a robot priest in the hope of cutting funeral costs. The SoftBank’s humanoid robot –…

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800-year-old coffin damaged by tourists taking a photo

An 800-year-old coffin has been damaged by a family trying to take a photo. The coffin in Prittlewell Priory Museum in…

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Wilcox delivers hearse for high-profile Kenyan funeral

Wilcox Limousines has delivered a hearse to Kenya for the funeral of respected politician Major-General Joseph Nkaissery, the African country’s…

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New crematorium set to open

A new crematorium is set to open this Monday in Romsey. The facility, developed and operated by Westerleigh, hopes to…

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Archaeologists find evidence of early Christian plank-lined burials

Archaeologists from MOLA have uncovered rare plank-lined graves and tree-trunk coffins dating from the 7th-9th century AD. The important Anglo-Saxon…

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