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Further strike action announced at coffin factory

Coffinmakers at the Co-op’s only factory in the UK will take further strike action later this month after talks broke down in a dispute over pay. Unite members at Co-op Funeralcare in Glasgow walked out on Monday after rejecting what the union ...

04 Nov 2022 at 11:48

Co-op to offer ‘water cremations’ in hope of reducing UK funeral sectors’ impact

Co-op Funeralcare has announced plans to offer a new form of burial as a sustainable alternative to traditional burials or cremation. The UK’s largest funeral provider announced on Sunday that it will introduce the practice, called resomation ...

02 Jul 2023 at 20:25

Scotland

Strike at coffin manufacturer enters second week

Workers at the Co-op’s only British coffin factory have entered their second week of strike action. The facility at Bogmoor Place, Glasgow, has seen around 50 staff walk out after Unite members previously voted for strike action in August. ...

15 Nov 2022 at 18:36

Scotland

Grieving West Lothian community expected to line streets for Hope’s Day

A grieving West Lothian community is set to line the streets of Livingston on Monday for the “final journey” of six-year-old Hope Gordon. The schoolgirl was found dead alongside her 36-year-old father Mark at a house in West Calder on ...

10 Feb 2025 at 00:01

British funerals increasingly ‘celebrations of life’, study finds

British funerals are increasingly becoming “celebrations of life” marked by personal touches rather than sombre and traditional services, according to a study. Some 68% of people believe funerals should be more of a celebration than ...

06 Aug 2024 at 00:01

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Funeral arranger, 25, who planned own service including coffin and country music tells other young people: Do it now

A 25-year-old funeral arranger who planned her own service including the coffin and country music has told young people to “do it now” to help their loved ones later. Chloe-Nicole Corbett, from Ayrshire, Scotland, became a single ...

10 Jan 2025 at 06:30

‘Adventurous’ 93-year-old goes ‘out in style’ as ashes scattered by drone

The daughter of an “adventurous” 93-year-old has fulfilled her mother’s wish to have her ashes scattered using a drone and said it was the most fitting way for her to “go out in style”. Pauline Polhill, from Evercreech, Somerset,...

07 Sept 2023 at 09:54

Scotland

Community pays tribute to tragic schoolgirl on her ‘final journey’

Mourners have lined the streets to bid farewell to a tragic six-year-old schoolgirl as she completed her “final journey” in the company of her favourite cartoon characters. Hope Gordon was found dead alongside her 36-year-old ...

11 Feb 2025 at 17:31

Coffin factory staff walk out as industrial action enters fourth month

Staff at the Co-op’s only UK coffin factory are taking further strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. Unite the union confirmed coffinmakers at the factory in Govan, Glasgow, began industrial action on ...

05 Jan 2023 at 11:25

Family

Brother and sister working as funeral director and funeral arranger in their thirties say they are now closer than ever

A sibling duo in their thirties who work as a funeral director and funeral arranger for the same company said working together has made their relationship “stronger than ever”. Ray Turner, a 30-year-old funeral director ...

23 Sept 2024 at 06:30

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21-year-old who prepares bodies for funerals even planned his own ceremony at the age of 18 ‘just in case’

A 21-year-old who prepares bodies for funerals and even planned his own at 18 “just in case” something happens to him, admits his career is “not what you’d really expect” for someone his age, having studied electrical ...

04 Oct 2024 at 06:30

Love & Relationships

‘I swapped a career in hairdressing for funeral care at 19 – I found love along the way and met my fiance on the job’

A 23-year-old who swapped a career in hairdressing for funeral care at 19 and met her now-fiance on the job said “it’s quite a nice way of meeting somebody”. Beth Gilkison, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, met her partner,...

17 Feb 2025 at 06:30

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