All news on the topic: Funerals

Clive Dowdeswell, from Gloucestershire, sadly passed away earlier this year - he asked his son Charlie to come up with an innovative way to keep the funeral costs down

Roisin Pelan reflects on her friend Kate Rackham's incredible impact on the world, as her charity fundraiser surpasses £17,000. Breast cancer activist Kate announced her own death online in a heartbreaking message that touched millions of people

Comedian Katie Marovitch revealed on X the darkly humorous present her dad arranged for delivery via Amazon after his death - she was able to see the humour in her father's gesture

‌The images were taken by explorer Kyle Urbex at Drysalters Pub in Leeds, England - it was forced to close in late 2022 permanently after booking a band that used Nazi-inspired imagery

Giovanni Pernice led tributes to Strictly Come Dancing star Robin Windsor as a new show in his memory to raise money for a mental health charity was announced

Shaylisha Morrison was chasing her brother excitedly round a supermarket on Tuesday night, but tragically died 48 hours later with her cause of death still a mystery

Matthew Steward, from Harwich in Essex, and his pal Cory Dove, 26, were both killed in a horror quad bike crash in Fethiye, Turkey, and Matthew's family is now warning others of the risks involved with riding the vehicles

Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen takes us inside Britain's wackiest and and most OTT houses - ahead of his new Channel 4 series Outrageous Homes

A man who claims to have died for a short while before being brought back to life by paramedics has shared what he saw on 'the other side' – saying it made him change how he lives his life

An urban explorer took images from inside a disgraced funeral home in Georgia, USA that was once a thriving business but was shut down after a scandal and abandoned

Constance Glantz was said to have died while in a hospice at around 9.44 am local time and had been transferred to the Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home in Lincoln on Monday morning

Italian World Cup skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend Elisa Arlian, both 27, were found dead after a 2,200ft fall from Mount Zerbion on the Pennine Alps in Italy at the weekend

Mum-of-two Sophie Browne died after being hit by a car on the A38 as her devastated family say the 21-year-old had been 'fighting too many demons' in a heartbreaking tribute

Following a police probe into missing ashes and alleged misconduct, a family-run funeral firm has been expelled from the NAFD after Police Scotland conducted a search of their premises

Aalim Ahmed died instantly after falling from the kitchen window in the flat on the 15th floor at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London, with neighbours alerted to his dad's distressed cries

Isabelly Stefani Morais died after being stung at her home in Nucleo Rural do Rio Preto, in Brazil's Federal District, in the early hours of Wednesday, May 15

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway opened up about her grief journey after the death of her husband Derek Draper in an interview with Mirror at Thes Prince's Trust Awards this week

A user posted a story on Reddit about their family feud and went viral for the way they 'ruined' their grandparents' funeral, all because of what their mum decided to do at the church

The young boy's aunt Maryan Hadafow said his mum had raised concerns several times with the council about the safety of the windows at the flat block

Bodies should be moved into frozen storage after 30 days in fridges or before, depending on the condition of the body - but reports show NHS trusts are not always adhering to these rules

Anne Gibson, who lives in Harpurhey, Manchester, claims she was handed a box of ashes from A Milne Funeral Directors in Scotland in September - five months after her mum’s funeral

Large crowds turned out in Bristol to honour the memory of James Kirby, the army veteran and volunteer security man killed in airstrikes by the IDF delivering aid to besieged Gazans

The family of Jessie Stockdale received a box of ashes after her death, but were later horrified to discover that her body was still being held by a funeral home alongside those of more than thirty other deceased

The man's ashes were scattered at an idyllic spot in south-west Turkey - a country where cremation is not allowed and strict regulations are in place about scattering them

Anna Martin's mum died of bowel cancer seven weeks ago and now she faces homelessness because she is ineligible to 'succeed' the tenancy of the home they shared