Covid-19

South Gloucestershire council prepares measures to maintain funeral services

South Gloucestershire council has announced a series of measures to manage an anticipated peak in demand for burial services caused…

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Are we beginning to re-open anyway?

The PM says he will soon announce the reopening plan after weeks of compulsory lockdown for the UKs public and its…

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Funeral providers face shortages of PPE equipment as demand rises

Funeral providers in the UK fear they are close to running out of body bags and other PPE equipment needed…

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Coronavirus treatment hopes push stock markets up, and ‘Spoons to reopen in June

Investors are chirpy this morning amid hopes of a new coronavirus treatment that has been described as promising by the USA’s…

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Over 100,000 extra people grieving in isolation amid Covid-19 pandemic, study suggests

Over 100,000 people are grieving in isolation as a result of the Covid019 pandemic, according to bereavement charity Cruse Bereavement…

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Funeral director praises support as it responds to Covid-19 challenges

Sunderland-based John G Hogg Funeral Directors has praised the support it has received from Funeral Partners as it responds to…

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Job support to be wound down, M&S dividend suspended, ventilator production slows, property market halts

Chancellor Rishi Sunack says he will wean the economy off his support schemes in a “gradual” wind-down, to help prevent soaring…

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Lancashire council issues new government guidelines for attending funerals amid pandemic

Lancashire council has become the latest council to cap the number of mourners allowed to attend a funeral amid the…

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National Will Register reports increase in people checking for funeral purposes

The National Will Register has reported that it is starting to see a surge in Will searches being performed from…

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Lockdown to persist says Johnson, clergy weigh in on behaviour of corona-corporations

The PM is back at his desk and says the lockdown must continue for the foreseeable future, and it would…

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