A PIETERMARITZBURG family's grief was compounded when a malfunctioning furnace door at the Mountain Rise Crematorium forced them to postpone their loved one's cremation. Samantha Tessa Athiah, 47 ...

A man who was battered around the head outside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in south-east London has died days after the assault. Police were called to Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, shortly ...

Penalties should be toughened up for retailers who sell knives, vapes and cigarettes to anyone not old enough to buy them, Lancashire county councillors have said. Did you know with a Digital ...

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It was standing ‘vroom’ only as hundreds of mourners turned out for the Darlington funeral of Malcolm Singleton – showman, professional clown, and devoted Formula One fan. PETER BARRON reports As the ...

A visitor to Arlington National Cemetery's website earlier this year would have seen links to information about a wide range of notable African Americans, Hispanic Americans and women buried there.

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A love story that will last beyond death for John Palmer (70), who chose to arrange his own cremation and pre-pay for his ashes to be placed beside his late wife Sandra ‘I prepaid for my ...

An “extermination” site where human remains and ovens have been found is being probed by police in Mexico, leaving families searching for missing loved ones bracing for the worst. Mexican ...

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Arlington National Cemetery has purged its website of pages about notable Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as information about the Civil War and Black history, as the Trump ...

When it comes to our final days it seems that rather than ending up in a coffin, many of us have begun to think outside the box. A study of funeral directors and mourners has uncovered the oddest ...