funerals
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Oct- 2017 -23 OctoberCurrent Affairs
World’s toughest emission charge comes into effect
The world’s toughest emission standard, the £10 Toxicity Charge (T-Charge) to help tackle London’s lethal air pollution and get older…
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19 OctoberCurrent Affairs
New installation hopes to ‘redesign the dialogue’ around death
On the evening of 3rd November, a thought-provoking sound installation Life. Death. Whatever. will take over Christ’s Chapel at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Life. Death. Whatever. is…
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19 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Almost a third of families block organ donation
Almost a third of families blocked organ donation because they felt the process took ‘too long’. BBC 5 live found…
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17 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Campaigners hold funeral procession in Parliament Square
Campaigners dressed as funeral directors and mourners challenged Mr. Hammond to increase the fund to cover basic funeral costs and…
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16 OctoberCurrent Affairs
New law provides grieving parents with more leave
Employees who have suffered the death of a child will benefit from significant new paid leave allowances, under proposed laws.…
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9 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Katie Price may launch own line of ‘crystallised coffins’
Businesswoman and model Katie Price has announced plans to sell her own ‘crystallised coffins’. According to The Sun newspaper, the…
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6 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Space firm joins the funeral sector
A British space firm are joining the funeral care industry with a unique new twist on ashes scattering. Sent Into…
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6 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Man jailed for burial plot fraud
A man who fraudulently sold burial plots at an Edinburgh cemetery has been found guilty. William Henderson, 45, was employed…
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5 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Funeral directors raise £7,000 for charity
Colleagues at Central England Co-operative Funeral Care have raised over £7,000 by hosting dozens of World’s Biggest Coffee Morning events…
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4 OctoberCurrent Affairs
AOIC membership continues to grow
A former teacher is one of the latest celebrants to join the Association of Independent Celebrants, (AOIC). The professional association…
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