All news on the topic: Funerals

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Prince William leads mourners as Thomas Kingston laid to rest in private funeral
Prince William attended the funeral of Lady Gabriella Kingston’s late husband Thomas Kingston, with Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra also present
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Boy, 11, killed during online challenge had been 'inhaling toxic substances'
Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington fell unconscious at a sleepover in Lancaster earlier this month as a friend claimed the 11-year-old had inhaled toxic substances, an inquest in Preston heard
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Funeral director customer 'told by police they may have wrong person's ashes'
Emma Osborne says she was told her stepfather Danny Middleton may have been one of the 34 bodies removed from the Legacy funeral home in Hull as Humberside Police investigate the firm
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Cops give major update on funeral director probe as 'human ashes' recovered
Humberside Police revealed over the weekend a man, 46, and a 23-year-old woman were arrested as investigations into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors continues
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Legacy Independent Funeral Directors branding removed from shop amid backlash
Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has removed its branding from one of its branches in Beverley, West Yorkshire, after distressed families hit out over concerns of the care of their loved ones
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Grieving daughter fears she 'kissed dad's empty coffin' amid funeral probe
Billie Jo Suffill is one of dozens of people who fear they have been impacted by a funeral director probe in Hull, after police raided a parlour and 34 corpses were removed
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Families fear loved ones' bodies 'were in mortuary when they were given ashes'
Police took action after reports of concern for care of the deceased. Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Some 34 bodies have so far been removed and taken to a nearby mortuary
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Dad and daughter pair who run funeral firm where cops seized 34 bodies pictured
The father, who owns the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, and his employee daughter had been arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial
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Hull funeral directors swarmed by more police after 34 bodies removed in probe
A number of police officers have been seen inside one of the three Legacy Independent Funeral Directors properties from which 34 bodies were earlier removed
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Sophia Leone's stepdad demands justice as adult star's death at 26 is probed
Adult film star Sophia Leone was found dead in her apartment aged just 26 on March 1, with her stepfather now calling for justice and support for the family over the star's sudden death
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'Prevention of lawful burial' arrests after cops remove bodies from funeral home
A 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial in connection with an 'unprecedented' investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors
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The Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers funeral plans detailed after tragic death
The Hairy Bikers star Si King announced the death of his co-star and best friend Dave Myers late last month. Dave talked about his funeral in an interview from 2014
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Health board apologise to devastated family who held funeral for the wrong body
A Welsh health board were forced to apologise after The Grange hospital handed the wrong body over to a grieving family - who weren't made aware of the mix-up until several months after the funeral
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Police cordon off three funeral directors as detectives issue statement
Humberside Police have confirmed they received a "concern for care" for the dead as officers were posted outside three branches of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors
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Young mum found 'lifeless' in street as grieving family fight to get body back
Raluca Elena's body was found in a property in the Whitehall area of North Dublin, Ireland - and a GoFundMe has now been set up to help with the 26-year-old's funeral costs
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Louis Walsh's sad explanation for signing up to CBB after double heartbreak
Louis Walsh, 71, spoke to the Mirror over his own fears of mortality and is keen to enjoy himself after attending the funerals of two of his friends
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Thousands defy Vladimir Putin and line streets to pay respects to Alexei Navalny
In a new post, activist Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia shared more thoughts after her husband's funeral took place in Moscow this week - with thousands defying Putin and lining the street to share their respect
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'A hospice gave my wife peaceful final days - these places need more funds now'
Hospice UK is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and PM Rishi Sunak to find emergency funding to help struggling hospices, and to also reform the way they are funded in the future
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Mix-up leads to cremation of wrong body after friends' fentanyl poisoning
Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced drugs allegedly bought from a man one of them had met a day earlier in Florida
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Russians defy Vladimir Putin and queue to lay flowers on Alexei Navalny's grave
Mourners have risked the wrath of Vladimir Putin by continuing to queue to see the grave of Alexei Navalny who was laid to rest on Friday after his death last month
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Dami Hope 'learning how to live without' dad as he shares pictures from funeral
Love Island star Dami Hope, who found love on the ITV2 programme with girlfriend Indiyah Polack, shared emotional photos from his father's funeral as he reflected on his grief
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'I was misdiagnosed as terminally ill with six months to live'
Paul Gill, 65, from West Yorkshire, was given the choice of dying at home or in a hospice after beingd told he had Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in June last year -but his diagnosis was a mistake
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Tears and hugs in emotional funeral for girl, 11, 'killed by family friend'
Audrii Cunningham was missing for five days before her body was found in a river near Houston on February 20
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Fury at ‘vile jobsworth’ warden who tried to ticket a funeral car during service
A funeral director was shocked when he found a traffic warden in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, preparing to ticket the cortege parked outside a church
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Harry Dunn's parents hold 'much harder' second funeral for son four years later
Harry Dunn's parents have both said how his second funeral was "much harder" than the first after a private service was held following human tissue found on his clothing