All news on the topic: Funerals

Ecuadorian Bella Montoya has been officially declared dead less than two weeks after she was placed in her coffin and found breathing four hours later by her horrified family

Chloe Caton, 21, died in her sleep on June 1, leaving her family heartbroken. Her mum Ami Caton said Chloe 'had the most infectious laugh on the planet' and was 'very bubbly'

Police watchdog the IOPC is probing the investigation into missing Darcy Rodd, Eve Smith and Rafel Jeanne who were later found dead following a crash near Cardiff

The former soldier, 99, died in his native Wales but will be laid to rest at famed US military cemetery after spending most of his life in the States

I'm scared of everything, from my parents dying to what the world holds for my children

David Baerten, 45, a content creator from Liege in Belgium, said he decided to carry out the elaborate prank because his relatives stopped inviting him to parties and they had fallen out of touch

As victims’ families reveal their pain, the probe into the handling of the health crisis hears that the impact of closing down the country was not fully considered

Ms Jacky Oh received an emotional send off by her partner DC Young Fly, her friends and family in Atlanta after she died at the age of 32

Steven Phan, from California, was snorkelling with his new wife in Hawaii near Electric Beach when he drowned and thieves saw an opportunity to take their belongings

Retired shipyard worker John Foster from Sunderland has no family to help and no says he is "completely alone" in his struggle to survive every day

John Foster, 76, was forced to turn off his fridge and store milk outside his door each night to keep cool as the price of electricity soars - and he says he's "completely alone"

Dad-of-three Simon O’Brien, 48, discovered he had kidney cancer just months after his pet pooch Bella, an eight-year-old Labrador, was diagnosed with the same disease

During the burial of a 10-year-old girl who was a victim of a drive-by shooting, a funeral home director in Maryland allegedly shot and killed a pallbearer after a fight broke out

Justin Arthur got into some difficulty while swimming at a waterfall on the Caribbean island of Tobago. The 24-year-old had travelled from London to attend the funeral of his aunt and her husband

Alan Carr has shared how a comment from the vicar after an awkward musical performance during Paul O'Grady's funeral left Julian Clary able to deliver a perfect cheeky quip before delivering a touching eulogy

A woman has thrown a living funeral for her mum, but luckily she didn't push her out into the water on a burning boat - instead they read about Norse gods in her back garden

Leigh Blanning had enlisted funeral director L J Guyan after dad John Blanning, 82, died in December 2022, but said his experience has been horrific after the service was cancelled while he drove there

Kalen Waugh, 16, died while swimming with friends at Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, last July, with mum Vicky putting out a heartbreaking plea ahead of the anniversary of his death

Stephanie Williams, the mother of Bournemouth beach tragedy victim Sunnah Khan, 12, has paid tribute to her little girl who died last Wednesday with Joseph Abbess, 17

John Jordan had saved the money in cash to help his family pay for his funeral but relatives, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, were unable to give him "the send off he deserved"

Funeral directors Go As You Please have revealed some of their quirkier and bizarre designs for customers to be buried or cremated in - including a Greggs sausage roll and Doctor Who's Tardis

Tatiana "Tania" Dokotaru, 34, was meant to be celebrating the fifth birthday of her son, Zayn, on Sunday, but she died under mysterious circumstances with her lifeless body found in her apartment in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia

Tina Turner's former personal assistant said the singer did not want a big public funeral. She said she wanted to be cremated, so her funeral is likely to be attended by her closest friends and family

It was reported that William and Harry secretly met with Burrell before Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle in 2017

Angela Kelly has told friends that the Queen wrote her a remarkable letter granting express approval for her to publish three books. Only two have so far appeared.