Current Affairs

House of Lords checks progress of end of life care commitment

A debate on Tuesday 14 March in the House of Lords will explore whether the 2016 National Commitment for End…

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Flower pot at palace turns out to be a Roman coffin

  An ancient Roman sarcophagus, which had been used as a water feature and a flowerpot at Blenheim Palace for…

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Dignity shares take a dive

Dignity shares plummeted by 16.9 percent on Tuesday evening. The company claims this fall is due to a significant fall…

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‘In Memory’ software increases Gift Aid Value by 80 percent finds Cloudberry

Cloudberry Funeral Management Solutions ‘InMemory’ donations management system is celebrating another year of significant increase in transactions. The cloud-based donation…

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Countdown to wear a hat day

Are you ready for Brain Tumour Research’s fundraising event? The charity is gearing up to make Friday 31st March 2017 its biggest,…

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NCPC calls for Government to push forward with National Commitment on End of Life Care

Ilora, Baroness Finlay, has called on the Government to keep moving forward with the National Commitment on End of Life…

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Teen gangs graffiti headstones and take selfies for social media

A large group of teens have been causing disorder, tagging headstones with graffiti and taking ‘disrespectful’ selfies, according to a…

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Natwest funding secured for Memoria

  Crematorium operator, Memoria Ltd, has secured £20m of support from NatWest to fund its expansion programme. The company currently…

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Businesses raise funds for World Kidney Day

On World Kidney Day, 9 March, the charity Kidney Wales will be featured on Nation Radio to publicise its fundraising initiative, ‘Bring a…

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Office for National Statistics reveals most common age of death

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed new data on the common age of death based upon socio-economic positions. The 30…

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