Rogue undertakers are preparing bodies for funerals in sheds, garages and even kitchens, a report to the Scottish Government claims. Under current laws, anyone can open a funeral company or call ...

The funeral Mass is an important moment of prayer and faith after the death of a loved one - but it is not the appropriate time for eulogies, which are better suited for the funeral reception, said ...

FUNERAL firms have been investigated over a series of blunders including the wrong body being delivered to a cremation. A ...

A NEW “Scottish funeral bond” and funeral benefit are to be introduced to help prevent the loss of a loved one being compounded by debt. SNP Equalities Secretary Angela Constance set out in the ...

Former University of Strathclyde student June Bunyan, 37, was remembered as “one of a kind” at her funeral. She was allegedly killed last month after moving from Scotland to California several years ...

The Scottish Government is to host the first national conference to tackle funeral poverty as a new report revealed some people are resorting to crowd-funding to help cover the cost of burials or ...

Rev Barry Hughes, minister of St Mark's Church in Raploch, says four funerals conducted by him have now been the focus of the fraudsters -Credit:Stirling Observer Sick scammers are targeting the ...