Newcastle

Newcastle receives £176k grant for two cemetery restorations

Newcastle City Council has been awarded a £176,466 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help develop proposals to…

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A.W. Lymn receives permission to build new branch with flats

A.W. Lymn has received permission from council planners to build a new, purpose-built funeral home with additional commercial space and…

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Bradwell Crematorium recycling scheme raises £14k for memorial fund

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has donated £14,000 to the Nathan Butler Memorial Fund, after recycled metal retrieved from cremations at Bradwell…

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New Tier system announced

The Government has announced a new Tier system for when England leaves lockdown on 2 December, with only areas in…

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Thomas Bragg to support West Midlands hospice through recycling scheme

More than 150,000 Christmas cards have been donated to a Solihull-based Thomas Bragg and Sons Funeral Directors for recycling, raising…

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Daren Persson Funeral Services receives cuddle cot donation

A family from Wallsend, near Newcastle, who lost their one-year-old twin son Danyl, have donated a cuddle cot to Daren…

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Funeral arranger creates time capsule

A Hereford funeral arranger has created a time capsule to contain memories of modern day Hereford and its recent past.…

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Living on through memorial trees

People and mourners alike continue to look for new and innovative ways to memorialise either themselves or their loved ones…

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Resomation: the flame-free cremation that could be coming to the UK

Resomation was developed by expert biochemist Sandy Sullivan who had an ambition to offer the public an environmentally friendly end…

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Good Funeral Awards’ winners announced

The winners of this year’s Good Funeral Awards were announced on September 5 2015 on King Alfred Campus at the University…

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