Co-op Funeralcare is to offer a cut price option to mourners from the spring, with the launch of "direct cremations". Rather than a service with mourners present, the more basic option will carry out ...

Catriona Keeling lost her mother, her father and her uncle all within the space of 12 months. First, 73-year-old Jenny died in January 2024. Seven months later, her father Martyn died at 76. And in ...

UK funeral costs now exceed £4,200, with state support lagging behind warns cremation provider. Families face debt or public health funerals ...