London

Funeral director raises £7k for Hospice UK in London Marathon

Funeral director Anghus Weightman, who works alongside his father Paul at Godalming Funeral Service, ran the London Marathon in his…

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Lodge Brothers Funerals transitions to EOT

Lodge Brothers Funerals Limited (Lodge Brothers/the Group) has announced its multi-million pound transition to become an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).…

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Funeral Partners manager to raise money for MND Association

Funeral Partners operations project manager, Simon Roberts, has secured a place in the Hamburg Marathon on 28 April to raise…

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Cornwall Council rejects Atlantic View Crematorium plan

Cornwall Council has refused the building plan for Atlantic View Crematorium, three months after the High Court quashed the original…

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2023 deaths rise for first time since Covid, Final Duties finds

The number of annual deaths in England and Wales rose for the first time since the pandemic in 2023, according…

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Highgate Cemetery launches £18m conservation project

Highgate Cemetery has launched ‘Unlocking Highgate Cemetery’ after it received £18m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.  The seven-year, £18m…

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Average funeral cost rises by 4.7% in 2023, SunLife finds

After two years of lower funeral costs – in part due to the pandemic – prices are on the rise…

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Westerleigh Group gifts £25k to Child Bereavement UK

Westerleigh Group has gifted £25k to Child Bereavement UK towards its vital work helping families to rebuild their lives when…

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Atlantic View Crematorium plans halted by High Court

Plans for the Atlantic View Crematorium in North Cornwall, which would have been one of the largest crematoria in the…

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65% of adults don’t have a funeral plan, L&G finds

Some 65% of UK adults do not have a funeral plan in place, suggesting greater measures need to be taken…

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