England

NHS targets funeral plan customers to boost organ donors

The NHS is targeting consumers buying funeral plans in a bid to boost numbers on its Organ Donation Register. The…

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Welsh and Scottish charities benefit from legacy income boost

Welsh and Scottish charities are outperforming charities in England and those with a UK-wide remit in terms of growth in…

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Woodall Nicholson Group acquires Binz funeral vehicles

Woodall Nicholson Group, based in Westhoughton, Bolton UK, have exclusively acquired the intellectual property, trademarks and strategic assets of the…

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Scottish funeral director takes presidential chain at SAIF

The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) is to be headed by a Scottish funeral director for…

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Coroners could be given power to investigate stillbirths

The government has launched a consultation which could see coroners in England and Wales being given the authority to investigate…

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Farmer builds round barrows on farm as alternative funeral venue

A farmer has stepped into the funeral trade by opening his working farm up to be an alternative ash storage…

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Death certificate price to treble

The price of a death certificate to increase almost threefold over the weekend across England and Wales. The cost of…

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NAFD confirms support for UK statutory regulation

Members of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have given their backing to…

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Co-op expresses concern to prime minister over Children’s Funeral Fund

Leaders at Co-op Funeralcare have written to the prime minister to address the company’s “concern” over what it calls “a…

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Man admits breaking into funeral home and having sex with corpse

Kasim Khuram, from Birmingham, has admitted breaking into a Co-op funeral home and committing sexual penetration of a body. Sentencing…

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