Funerals

Funeral poverty fund aims to help more families
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Scotland
Posted
9 September 2019
Siblings undertake unusual career choice. Video, 00:02:22
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
29 August 2019
Charity mum tackling funeral poverty. Video, 00:01:54
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
20 August 2019
Three Vicars Talking. Death. Audio, 28 minutes
Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser swap curate shoptalk.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why do funerals matter? Audio, 24 minutes
Why funerals matter so profoundly to us, as individuals and societies
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Cremation costs vary by hundreds of pounds
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UK
Posted
9 August 2019
Beer and cigarettes 'inappropriate funeral gifts'
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Europe
Posted
7 August 2019
Multi Story. Single Story: Awake Wake. Audio, 11 minutes
Samanda, aka "the Queen of Positivity" was never one to miss a party - even her own wake.
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BBC Local Radio
Available for over a year
£1.5bn roadworks 'hitting demand for crematorium'
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
24 July 2019
'No frills' cremation to tackle funeral poverty
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Wales
Posted
5 July 2019
Tearful MP on campaign to pay for child funerals. Video, 00:01:15
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UK Politics
Posted
3 July 2019
Call to fund coffins for child burials in Wales
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Wales politics
Posted
30 June 2019
Funeral firm acquires crematorium
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Scotland business
Posted
28 June 2019
'Worry' over burial mound's £13k tax bill
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Wiltshire
Posted
14 June 2019
'Shameful' funeral sale tactics targeted
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UK
Posted
1 June 2019
City could run out of grave plots
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Oxford
Posted
29 May 2019
US state is first to legalise human composting
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US & Canada
Posted
21 May 2019
Funeral firm hit by fewer deaths
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Business
Posted
13 May 2019
Would you get buried in a mushroom suit like Luke Perry?
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US and Canada
Posted
6 May 2019
Would you consider composting your body when you die? Newsday. Audio, 00:04:55
Washington is the first state to offer the environmentally friendly option
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BBC World Service
Posted
26 April 2019
Farm to use land for green burials
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Lincolnshire
Posted
24 April 2019
Grieving families 'face high funeral prices'
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Business
Posted
28 March 2019
Plans submitted for new crematorium
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Norfolk
Posted
19 March 2019
Heart and Soul. A year and a day. Audio, 27 minutes
Celebrate a life, or mourn a death: what is the right thing for a funeral?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year