Tag: Funeral

Minister speaks out against selfie-snapping tourists

News

Deadline News Journalist - August 2, 2016

A CATHEDRAL minister has been forced to speak out after selfie-snapping tourists have started interrupting funerals. Mourners at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, have...

Dying prankster arranged to be late for his own funeral

Community

Deadline News Journalist - July 7, 2016

A MAN who was infamous for his lack of punctuality played a posthumous prank on pals - by being late for his own funeral. Mark...

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...

Funeral of Hercules the bear

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 23, 2015

MOURNERS gathered in the woods on the island of North Uist for the funeral of Hercules the bear today. A headstone was laid on the...

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...

£170 funeral fee dropped

In Brief

Peter Laing - May 14, 2015

FEES for cremation forms signed by doctors no longer apply in Scotland, as a new system of death certification has come into effect. The crematoria...

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