‘Small’ funeral for Captain Sir Tom Moore will be held on Saturday – after he joked they would need more Victoria sponge to go around – as his family urge the public to stay home and plant a tree in his memory By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:23 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: … Read more
Hundreds including President Erdogan have gathered in Istanbul without social distancing for the funeral of a prominent Islamic scholar, without social distancing. Muhammed Emin Sarac died at his home on Friday after a battle with Covid-19. The distinguished hadith scholar was a preacher at Istanbul’s Fatih Mosque where Sunday’s funeral was held. Turkish President Recep Tayyip … Read more
Scarlett Moffatt has revealed that she’s already planned her funeral and knows exactly what kind of send-off she wants when she passes away. The Gogglebox star, 30, admitted that she has already planned every detail even down to the velvet ‘inside her coffin’. Scarlett said that she wants everyone to remember how ‘joyous’ she wants … Read more
It’s inhuman! Harry Dunn’s family lawyer hits out after ‘diplomat’ Anne Sacoolas who killed him in crash offers only to pay for his funeral Lawyers for Anne Sacoolas made the offer after a claim for damages from family Calls made for case to be dismissed as claimed family ‘did not suffer distress’ Mrs Sacoolas faces … Read more
Village falls silent for funeral of five-month-old boy killed when van swerved off the road and ploughed into his pram – as his mother, 36, remains seriously injured in hospital Five-month-old Louis died at the scene of a crash in Cambridgeshire last month His mother Rachael Thorold,36, was pushing her son in his pram along … Read more
Up to 200 mourners ignored the coronavirus lockdown by amassing outside a church to attend a funeral today as families paid their respects to a tree surgeon who was crushed to death by heavy machinery at work. Witnesses described travellers binning social distancing rules and drinking en masse, with even children reportedly seen carrying boxes … Read more
Up to 200 mourners today amassed outside a church to attend a traveller funeral as families paid their respects to a tree surgeon who was crushed to death by heavy machinery in a tragic work accident. Witnesses described mass drinking, with even children reportedly spotted carrying boxes of Stella Artois, at the funeral of Daniel … Read more
Tom Teixeira knew his grandad had become famous when his phone started being permanently engaged. Tom Jnr would ring Captain Sir Tom Moore — whose death this week has prompted a national outpouring of grief and calls for a memorial in his honour — and find he couldn’t get through. ‘A couple of times I … Read more
‘Quiet’ send off for Captain Tom: War hero’s daughter says family are planning funeral that would be ‘suitable for him’ after his death aged 100 Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19 Daughter Lucy Teixeira said the family is planning a ‘suitably quiet’ funeral National plans could include having an NHS … Read more
Funeral directors are warning that they are running out of space to store bodies amid a spike in Covid deaths – with 30,000 people in the UK having died of the virus in a month. In some of the UK’s worst hit areas, families are being forced to wait up to five weeks to have … Read more