The cost of holding a funeral has jumped nearly 6 per cent to £4,706 on average this year, new research from Legal & General ...

"In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes," wrote Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the ...

You could, for instance, be cremated, which is a process in which the dead body is burned to ashes. According to the funeral home comparison website Parting.com, the average cost of cremation with ...

Four years after a fire ended its run as a funeral home, a South Omaha building has been resurrected as a one-stop service ...

If you intend to take the ashes to another country, you will need a certificate from the préfecture - your funeral director should be able to arrange this for you. Total burial costs are likely ...

Plans to make major improvements to three cemeteries owned by St Albans City and District Council have been approved.

Burial insurance is a type of whole life insurance policy that can be used to cover your burial and other funeral costs. You can generally purchase one of these policies after you turn 50 to help ...

Bereaved people face "significant barriers” while trying to organise council funerals, research by Quaker Social Action has ...

Staff did not prepare the burial site and instead asked the family to 'sprinkle' the ashes on to the plot. When told no, the staff member dug a shallow hole meaning the ashes spilled over to ...

Two people have been bailed as officers removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a funeral director in Hull, police have said. The bodies and ashes were taken from Legacy Independent Funeral ...

"My mum's ashes don't seem full ... is to provide up to £2m to help councils with costs arising from investigations into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. In a statement, Hull City Council ...

After waving one last goodbye to his mother Pat last week, Phillip Schofield took to Instagram this Monday to announce he had ...