The budget sets new rates for removal of unwanted visitors in homes; a one-off treatment for bed bugs, cockroaches and cat or ...

Families are facing growing emotional and financial strain as funeral costs continue to rise, a charity has warned. Quaker ...

The average cost of a traditional attended funeral reached £4,510 in 2025, according to insurer SunLife’s annual Cost of ...

Traditional funerals are in decline in the UK for several reasons. Primary among them is the rising cost of funerals. The price for a basic funeral has risen to an all-time high of £4,285, according ...

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There are calls for plans to increase burial and cremation fees by more than £200,000 next year in Swansea to be reconsidered ...

A Somerset woman is championing a different type of farewell after her husband of almost six decades passed away in April.

Some 15 per cent of families say they have faced financial hardship paying for a funeral, having to find an extra £2,365 on ...

THE Sanathan Dharma Cremation Society is campaigning for the right to perform traditional shrouded cremations, promising ...

The updated regulations — which represent the first major overhaul since 2012 — will take effect on March 30, introducing ...

SunLife - which has tracked the cost of funerals for 22 years - said that even a simple attended funeral now costs £3,828 on average.

Bereaved families are turning to crowdfunding and loan sharks to pay for funerals as the cost of a traditional service saw its biggest annual increase since 2016, according to an annual report. The ...