Moray’s William Purves Funeral Directors believes this is a positive step. Andrew Purves, director, said: “We are very supportive of this alternative to current cremation or burial options, as demand ...

An urgent appeal has been made to the Kenyan community both in the United Kingdom and in Kenya following the tragic death of ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

The emotional toll of losing a loved one is being compounded by a financial crisis, with nearly a quarter of those over state pension age lacking a will in the first place and the cost of dying ...

"We are deeply concerned that one of our own could be cremated without family consent. This is a call for solidarity, let us ...

In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation. Occasionally, a corpse is donated to science, but even those remains usually make ...

Every notice published to our newspaper and news site also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk - the UK’s number one site for ...

An ancient cremation cemetery has been uncovered at the SaxaVord Spaceport site in the Shetland Islands, off the coast of Scotland. The discovery, made during development works for the ground station ...