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Jun- 2018 -22 June
Emergency services practise obese rescues with Ruth Lee dummies
Funeral directors, firefighters and ambulance crews have been using 40 stone manikins in training exercises to practise rescuing obese people.…
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22 June
Rare hearse ‘steals limelight’ at transport show
Kingstanding Methodist church held its first ever transport show on Saturday 2 June and a rare classic hearse, belonging to Ian…
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22 June
New funeral home Alan Greenwood and Sons opens for business
A new funeral home for funeral director Alan Greenwood and Sons officially opened for business in Knaphill Broadway on Friday…
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15 June
Funeral director completes 285 mile walk to London to highlight funeral poverty
A funeral director based in Harrogate has walked 285 miles to London to highlight the growing problem of funeral poverty.…
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14 June
Funeral director to climb Mount Elbrus for The Joshua Tree charity
Winsford-based funeral director Dave Fowles is to climb 18,500 feet to the summit of Mount Elbrus to raise money for…
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12 June
Haverhill East to raise funds for EAAA with Walking Football Tournament
The East of England Co-op is encouraging people to walk, not run in its ‘Walking Football Tournament’, a new community…
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8 June
Scottish basic funeral costs increase 75 percent in eight years
Data obtained by BBC Scotland research suggests that the average cost of a funeral in Scotland has increased by 75…
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5 June
Funeral director marries embalmer in ‘funeral wedding’
A Yorkshire funeral director has married an embalmer during a funeral themed wedding service. The service saw the bride arrive…
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5 June
Finders International help to find relatives of elderly who die alone
Following the recent high profile case of 104 year old Daisy Staines, who died in a care home in Essex…
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5 June
Sector welcomes CMA and HM Treasury probes into funeral prices
A number of funeral firms have welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and HM Treasury’s investigation into the sector,…
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