Year: 2017
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Aug- 2017 -31 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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30 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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25 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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25 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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24 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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24 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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21 AugustLatest News
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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21 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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18 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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18 AugustCurrent Affairs
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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