Somerset

Douch Family Funeral Directors announce annual charity

Douch Family Funeral Directors has announced it has chosen the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as its charity of the…

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Quantock Funerals awarded South West ‘Planner of the Year’

Quantock Funeral Services, in Taunton Somerset  has won the Golden Charter Funeral Planner of the Year award in the Southwest…

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Crescent Funerals welcomes UK’s youngest funeral director

James Chorley has become the UK’s youngest funeral director after completing his certificate in funeral practice at the age of…

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The face of the ‘Cheddar Man’

A Channel 4 documentary, First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man, has followed pioneering research carried out by…

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FFMA’s national president retires after 18 years

The Funeral Furnishing Manufacturer’s Association (FFMA) held its slightly delayed annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 17 January 2018 where…

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Eco-friendly Motoring: Driving Green

With petrol and diesel cars causing irreversible damage around the clock to our planet, the UK government is putting several…

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Evidence found for cannibalistic Palaeolithic burial rituals

Engraved human bones found in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, show previously unrecognised ritualistic behaviour from the Palaeolithic period, say experts at…

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Somerset funeral home raises over £1,000 for the RNLI

Business manager, Kate Heal, and her colleagues at Alfred R W Connock & Son (part of Dignity) in Shepton Mallet,…

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Cheltenham FD to give eco-funeral talk

Cheltenham-based funeral director Ian George will give a talk to the townspeople about environmentally friendly funeral options. George, who runs…

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The Somerset Willow Company set to launch new website

Basket and eco-coffin manufacturer the Somerset Willow Company will later this month launch a new interactive online website. Trading since…

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