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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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Give way to The Plume

Created as a respectful marker for cars that are part of the funeral procession, The Plume gives the cortège a…

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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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South Derbyshire welcomes all-female team of funeral directors

Staff at Ward and Brewin Funeral Home, in Swadlincote, have spoken openly about the importance of working together and how…

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Unexplained deaths in infancy continue to fall

There were 191 unexplained infant deaths in England and Wales in 2015, with a rate of 0.27 deaths per 1,000…

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