A new acquisition company targeting UK funeral homes has launched with a promise to preserve family business identity – addressing growing concerns among independent funeral directors about corporate consolidation.Lighthouse Funerals was launched…
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Ancient DNA reveals paternal link among male remains at Stone Age burial ground
Stone Age people buried over a span of 800 years at a mass grave in France mostly belonged to the same male lineage, DNA extracted from skeletons reveals, reports livescience.com.
The findings emphasize the importance…
Bristol: new campaign to encourage people to talk about end of life
A campaign has been launched to help people in the greater Bristol area feel more comfortable about having conversations around death and dying.
Hundreds of woodland burials and ashes interments are carried out…
Tributes celebrate 30 years of ‘a family helping other families’
Before the Tributes family began drawing breath to extinguish the 30 candles burning patiently upon their cake, they did what most do at a milestone celebration. Reminisce.
Tori Bush, Sales Director, recalls the…
Living funerals – a growing trend
Joining in with your send-off while you are still alive is a growing trend, especially among young adults, according to a survey by funeral comparison website Funeral Choice.
It found that more than…
How a stop-gap job became a calling
Little did Alex Moore know that a temporary job with a funeral director was going to blossom into a professional vocation.
Marking time while making his application to join the Army’s elite Parachute…
Fuller Inquiry: 17 recommendations made to prevent similar atrocities
The Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the David Fuller case has published its Phase 1 Report.
In November 2021, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an independent…
Hundreds form guard of honour for King of the Fells Joss Naylor
Hundreds of fell runners formed a guard of honour at the funeral of a record-breaking veteran athlete.
Joss Naylor, who was born in Cumbria and known as the King of the Fells, died…
National award for midwife at the heart of pioneering bereavement centre
A midwife who was the driving force behind the development of a pioneering bereavement centre has received a national award, reports BBC News, West Midlands.
Alison Rea, senior bereavement midwife at Birmingham Women’s…
Could QR codes trigger graveside memories trend?
Funeralcare has long been regarded as a traditional and old-fashioned, pen and paper industry – but one West Mids family-run funeral director is re-writing that description as it welcomes technology in the…
