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HEAT from a crematorium in Taunton could soon be used to keep its offices and chapel warm. Taunton Deane Council is planning on installing a “heat recovery system” at the end of this year to recover energy from the cremator’s flue gases. According to the council the system will save around £2,400 a year in running costs. A council spokesman said they will not use energy recovered from the deceased and will harness heat that would otherwise be lost in the atmosphere.

A NEW crematorium and memorial park offering internet viewing, for mourners unable to attend, is on schedule for an October opening its backers have confirmed. Local clergy and funeral directors recently attended a guided tour of the site, followed by a presentation of the services and facilities offered when it opens near Wenvoe Castle, Barry, this autumn. The chapel will seat 76 people with the option of expanding to 96 with up to 200 people standing and sitting inside.

A Carlisle city councillor is calling on the authority to apologise to a grieving mother after crematorium staff removed and binned tributes to her stillborn baby. Willie Whalen, who represents Castle ward, was shocked to discover how his constituent Nicki Chandler, 22 – who lost baby Harvey last October – had been treated. In a bid to make amends, he yesterday invited Nicki back to the council-run crematorium grounds, where her son has a special toadstool tribute, to lay some flowers. And he is now demanding a meeting with acting chief executive Jason Gooding to raise his concerns about how such a sensitive situation has been handled by staff.

Cremators could be used to heat up a Somerset crematorium chapel and offices. Taunton Deane Borough Council said it was looking at the option of using the cremators to save energy elsewhere and make money by selling excess electricity to the National Grid. Other options include installing solar panels to council-owned buildings, such as swimming pools and council houses.

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP : Good progress on new Vale of Glamorgan memorial park and crematorium Good progress on new Vale of Glamorgan memorial park and crematoriumBarry, August 8th 2011 Good progress is being made on the construction of the Vale of Glamorgan’s new memorial park and crematorium. Local clergy and funeral directors recently attended a guided tour of the site, followed by a presentation of the services and facilities which will be offered when it opens in October. The facility is owned and operated by Memoria Ltd.

PROTEST: Locals fear major health risks PLANS to build a €3.5m crematorium in a southside suburb have sparked outrage from locals. Kilternan residents say they are "vehemently" opposed to plans by Park Developments to construct a crematorium and graveyard. chapel The planning application is seeking permission for a 1,700-plot traditional graveyard, three metre crematorium walls to store ashes and a chapel with seating for 150 people.

THE SENSITIVE and caring team at Harrogate Borough Council’s Bereavement Services Team has been recognised as providing the highest standard of services with a gold award from the Charter for the Bereaved. Based on the guidleines provided by the charter and an annual assessment run by the Institute of Crematorium and Cemetery Managers a gold standard was awarded to the team which each year manage around 1,500 burials and cremations. Coun Nick Brown, Cabinet Member for Public Protection and Rural Affairs noted the teams level of care, sensitivity and commitment as crucial factors in earning the high award. He said: “We have one crematorium in Harrogate, 13 closed churchyards and 10 cemeteries across the district all managed by the team.

THERE is, they say, only one certainty in life…and that is death. The probability associated with that certainty is that people don’t like talking about the subject unless they have to. At the Island Crematorium at Whippingham, staff have been dealing with the sensitive subject for nearly half a century now and on Sunday, August 21, they open it up to the public to mark the 50th anniversary of what is popularly referred to as the crem. The open day aims to tell people exactly what goes on. It will include just about everyone associated in the process from undertakers to stonemasons, horse-drawn hearse displays to floral displays and bell ringing. In the 50 years, almost 63,000 people will have passed beyond the curtain at Whippingham.

A DEVASTATED daughter has discovered she was mourning at the wrong plot for 17 years after a mistake by Burnley Crematorium staff. Catherine Haywood, of Hathaway Fold, Padiham, regularly took flowers and tributes to the spot where she was told her beloved mother Cathy’s ashes were buried. But when Mrs Haywood came to scatter the ashes of her father Joseph, who was killed in a road accident outside the gates of the crematorium last year, she found her mother was buried elsewhere.

A crematorium in Britain is offering bereaved friends and relatives worldwide the chance to watch funerals of their loved ones on the Internet, a local authority in Wales said Wednesday. Virtual attendees can access services held at Parc Gwyn Crematorium in the town of Narberth as they happen and for seven days afterwards -- or buy a copy on DVD. Pembrokeshire council said the idea was to make people "feel part of a memorial service without being there in person". "Sometimes people discover that their relatives have a problem attending for some reason, so this offers some consolation," said crematorium superintendent and registrar David Seaman.