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Aug- 2017 -30 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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 August
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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18 August
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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