Tag: burial

University researchers look at new trend to have a prehistoric burial

Environment

Maja Grantham - May 25, 2021

University academics are to look at the modern-day phenomenon of why people are wishing to be buried like their prehistoric ancestors. Archaeologist Dr Kenny Brophy and researcher Andrew...

Businessman wants Scots to dissolve the bodies of loved ones

Business

Deadline News Journalist - July 7, 2016

AN ENTERPRISING businessman wants to give grieving Scots the choice to dissolve their loved-ones’ bodies and flush them down the drain when they die. At...

Obese Scots have to be buried – because their bodies don’t fit into furnaces

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 16, 2015

OBESE Scots are being buried rather than cremated - because their coffins are too big for traditional furnaces. Funeral directors have warned that Britain’s obesity...

Deceased Scots “prepared for burial in garages, kitchens and sheds”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 12, 2015

DECEASED Scots are being prepared for burial in garages, kitchens and sheds according to an expert. A professional embalmer claims that current health and safety...

Minister’s anger as Fife village cemetery runs out of space to bury the dead

In Brief

Peter Laing - April 18, 2013

A SCOTTISH minister is complaining that his village cemetery has run out of space to bury the dead. Rev John Reid is upset that people...

Pix: LC Liam Tasker Funeral

Katielee Arrowsmith - March 23, 2011

TEARS and tributes flowed today at the funeral of an “amazing” Scottish soldier who died with his dog in Afghanistan. The funeral of 26-year-old Lance...

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