Crematoriums in Britain are having to install 'super-size' furnaces to deal with the rising number of extremely obese bodies. Almost a third of the country's 308 crematoriums now take coffins that are ...

Nearly £2million was raised by British crematoriums last year through selling metal body parts left behind in furnaces, it has emerged. Some 10,393st (66,000kg) of ‘high grade’ metals like titanium ...

Almost £1.7m was raised by British crematoriums last year through selling metal body parts left behind in furnaces, it has emerged. Some 66 tonnes of 'high grade' metals like titanium used in hip and ...

A Sikh man's open air cremation, the first in UK in 72 years, has been criticised by the community there. A Sikh man's open air cremation, the first in Britain in 72 years, has been criticised by the ...

Dublin's biggest cemetery firm has defended charging bereaved families €250 to remove handles from coffins before cremations. Glasnevin Cemeteries Group has denied imposing a "hidden charge", ...