MPs and football fans demanded ministers lift the cap of 30 mourners at funerals after 8,000 supporters were allowed to descend on Wembley for the Carabao Cup final yesterday. As part of a pilot scheme, supporters were able to watch Manchester City play Tottenham Hotspur. Under the pilot rules, fans had to take one rapid … Read more
MPs and football fans demanded ministers lift the cap of 30 mourners at funerals after 8,000 supporters were allowed to descend on Wembley for the Carabao Cup final yesterday. As part of a pilot scheme, supporters were able to watch Manchester City play Tottenham Hotspur. Under the pilot rules, fans had to take one rapid … Read more
Ministers say they will allow 1,000 fans into a theatre to watch a snooker final – but are stubbornly refusing to raise the 30-person cap on funerals. To the fury of campaigners and MPs, the Government last night rebuffed calls to review the funeral limit – at the same time as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden … Read more
Ministers say they will allow 1,000 fans into a theatre to watch a snooker final – but are stubbornly refusing to raise the 30-person cap on funerals. To the fury of campaigners and MPs, the Government last night rebuffed calls to review the funeral limit – at the same time as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden … Read more
Council bosses want to charge grieving families £84 to livestream and record funerals if they can’t get to the service Perth and Kinross Council hopes to impose fee after coronavirus lockdown ends It will cost £60 to use the crematorium webcam to stream and £24 to record The move has since been branded as ‘insensitive’ … Read more
Wellwishers have raised £18,938 for the funerals of an NHS worker and her daughter who were murdered by her estranged husband before he died in a car crash. The two women, named locally as Emma Robertson Coupland, 24, and Nicole Anderson, 39, were killed by Steven Robertson, 40, who later died in a car crash. … Read more
Bereaved families will have to pay Covid fines if funerals break rules, undertakers say after police issued £10,000 penalty when 150 attended service Families who have lost loved ones may have to guarantee to pay cost of fines National Association of Funeral Directors have suggested new rules to members Suggested an alternative option of arranging … Read more
The cost of a basic funeral has risen to £4,184 on average, but more families opted for budget cremations during the pandemic and their price has dropped to £1,554. A ‘direct cremation’ takes place without a funeral service, and ashes are returned to a family afterwards, allowing them to organise a personal memorial for a … Read more
Four funerals and a wedding… that’s the yearly total of services for average parish church as worshippers fall to record low Parish churches only held four funerals and one wedding on average last year Figures show that fewer than 700,000 people turned up for Sunday services The Church of England data is based from information … Read more
Dash to the altar this weekend! Hammer blow for couples tying the knot as wedding guests will be limited to 15 from Monday under new Covid rules – but 30 mourners will still be allowed at funerals Boris Johnson has announced a new cap of 15 people at wedding receptions Weddings were able to resume … Read more