Former funeral director in Cornwall, Jack Weekes, has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. As the proprietor of J ...

The Cremation Society and the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities (FBCA) have announced they will jointly host the CBCE conference in Southampton in June 2026. The three-day event will take ...

Nottingham -based funeral provider A.W. Lymn has revealed that its chairman Nigel Lymn Rose has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year 2026 Honours list for services to the bereaved. Lymn Rose has ...

Bristol Memorial Woodland Trust has announced an upcoming workshop on lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) in January 2026, as part of a wider programme of events linked to its recently launched ...

UK charities could face a £1.5bn funding shortfall after a sharp fall in the number of people leaving money to good causes in their wills, according to new analysis from wealth manager Rathbones. The ...

Accredited training is being promoted by parts of England’s funeral sector as the main safeguard for bereaved families while the industry remains without statutory regulation, following a series of ...

The Martins Funeral Directors, a long-established funeral home in Crawley, West Sussex, has been acquired by Funeral Partners, marking a new phase in the business’s development. The company, founded ...

The operators of Elkin and Bell Funeral Directors have been convicted of multiple offences including deceiving grieving families into believing their relatives had been cremated, in what has been ...

A.W. Lymn has urged ministers and local authorities to consider new approaches to the UK’s shortage of burial space, citing a scheme in Paris that allocates reused grave plots through a public lottery ...

The Vegan Society has created an online Memorial Tribute Wall for people to post messages and photographs honouring loved ones who influenced their lives and values. The charity said the space is ...

A local funeral director has hit the streets as part of a fundraising initiative in memory of a young Batman fan who was cared for by Noah’s Ark Children’s ...

Health psychologist Mireille Hayden, in partnership with North Bristol NHS Trust and Bristol Memorial Woodland Trust, have officially launched two new guides offering practical support for end-of-life ...