Burial

The Natural Burial Company makes donation for bereavement awareness day

Christopher Doggett, general manager of The Natural Burial Company, handed over a cheque for £200 to Rainbows Hospice kindly donated…

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Scotland abolishes child burial fees

Scotland is set to follow in England and Wales’ footsteps with the eradication of child burial and cremation fees. The…

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Space Burials – Ascension Flights

Burial methods have become more diverse over time, allowing those who have passed to leave this world in increasingly eccentric…

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Government scraps burial fees for children’s funerals

The prime minister has announced the establishment of the Children’s Funeral Fund, scrapping the costs of child burials and cremations…

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Wales ‘running out of burial space’, church warns

The Church of Wales has warned that burial space could soon run out in the country. Many of the cemeteries…

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Jewish society demands removal of London coroner over burial delays

A Jewish burial service has called for the removal of senior London coroner after a number of Jewish families complained…

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Man jailed for burial plot fraud

A man who fraudulently sold burial plots at an Edinburgh cemetery has been found guilty. William Henderson, 45, was employed…

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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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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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Evidence found for cannibalistic Palaeolithic burial rituals

Engraved human bones found in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, show previously unrecognised ritualistic behaviour from the Palaeolithic period, say experts at…

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