Funerals

City approves cemetery plan to end graves shortage
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Oxfordshire
Posted
14 September 2023
Golden Eggs. Layyina and Mohsin. Audio, 14 minutes
By Kasim Ali. Keeping her distance, Lay watches a funeral.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Row over county coroner choosing own undertakers
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Wales
Posted
20 July 2023
NI's second crematorium due to open next week
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Northern Ireland
Posted
31 May 2023
Natural burial ground plan gets green light
Posted
20 April 2023
The photo tradition at Christian funerals in India
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India
Posted
26 March 2023
Call for greener funeral options to be legalised
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
22 February 2023
'I don't want a funeral, it's a waste of money'
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Norfolk
Posted
21 February 2023
Muslims need more burial space, council told
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Leeds & West Yorkshire
Posted
3 February 2023
Above ground burial plan to tackle plot shortage
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Wales
Posted
31 January 2023
Warning to 100 funeral directors over price lists
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Business
Posted
27 January 2023
New York state allows human bodies to be composted
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US & Canada
Posted
1 January 2023
Is an eco-friendly funeral possible in NI?
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Northern Ireland
Posted
29 December 2022
Wheel of Misfortune. Grave Tales with co-host Kerry Katona and guest NOHUN. Audio, 36 minutes
Alison, Kerry, TikTok star NOHUN and voice stories about mortifying times at funerals
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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The men reading poetry at Dundee's lonely funerals
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Tayside and Central Scotland
Posted
12 November 2022
Heart and Soul. Dying in Varanasi. Audio, 27 minutes
A journey to a sacred city where some pilgrims go for their final days
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BBC World Service
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How cost of living crisis is hitting funerals
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Humberside
Posted
10 November 2022
Council to put up prices to help plug overspend
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
18 October 2022
All Consuming. Funerals. Audio, 24 minutes
How social and financial pressures are changing the way we do funerals.
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BBC Radio 4
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'I caught my fraudster funeral director boss'
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Scotland
Posted
7 September 2022
Delay risk for funerals in NI unless laws extended
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Northern Ireland
Posted
5 September 2022
The Big Green Money Show. How To Have a Greener Funeral. Audio, 51 minutes
From cardboard coffins to electric hearses: Deborah & Fliss investigate greener funerals.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Different with Nicky Campbell. Giving Death its Due. Audio, 37 minutes
Mortician Caitlin Doughty tells Nicky why we need to spend more time with the dead.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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Grieving families face extra fees and paperwork
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Business
Posted
30 March 2022