Burial
Burial continues to play a vital role in the UK’s funeral landscape, shaped by tradition, religious practice, land availability, and environmental considerations. Funeral Service Times provides comprehensive coverage on all aspects of burial, including cemetery operations, grave preparation, green burial initiatives, legal requirements, local authority management, and burial space strategy. Reporting focuses on regulatory updates, service innovation, operational challenges, and investment in cemetery infrastructure—supporting funeral professionals in delivering respectful, compliant, and sustainable burial services.
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Apr- 2018 -12 AprilCurrent Affairs
New regulations introduced for babies ashes
Changes have been made to the treatment of babies ashes following a BBC investigation which found that 60 families did…
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9 AprilFeatures
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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9 AprilFeatures
Cramped underground: the alternatives to bury our dead
Space has been a problem in UK cemeteries for many years now, with some areas in big cities and small…
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6 AprilCurrent Affairs
AOIC welcomes government move on child funerals
The Association of Independent Celebrants (AOIC) has welcomed a government announcement, which will ensure that all grieving parents can lay…
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5 AprilFeatures
Cemeteries around the World: The Waverley Cemetery
Based on top of the picturesque cliffs of Bronte, Australia, sits The Waverley Cemetery. The first purchase of land took…
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4 AprilCurrent Affairs
Royal London launches funeral plan
Royal London’s Consumer business has launched a new pre-paid funeral plan, which has been awarded a five star rating from…
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3 AprilCurrent Affairs
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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Mar- 2018 -21 MarchFeatures
SOAP BOX: THE NHS CRISIS
As the NHS crisis deepened in early January 2018 and Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt tried to respond to the…
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21 MarchFeatures
Funeral Expense Assistance
The Social Security (Scotland) Bill will give the Scottish Government the powers to deliver 11 social security benefits worth around…
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15 MarchCurrent Affairs
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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