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An EIGHT-year-old girl has been killed in an explosion at a crematorium in Cambodia after her relatives poured petrol on her late grandmother's casket to make it burn faster, Police say. Twelve others, all mourners attending the funeral service, were injured in the blast in eastern Kampong Cham province, Stung Trang district police chief Chea Thearith told AFP. One male relative was in a critical condition in hospital, he said. "The fire wood was still wet and did not burn well. So the relatives of the deceased bought two litres of petrol and poured it into the furnace," the Police Chief said. "Soon after they closed the doors there was an explosion."

WYRE Forest’s new cemetery and crematorium is expected to open later this year. Work started on the £4.2 million development in June last year and is due to be completed by late summer. Wyre Forest District Council earmarked the site on the A451 between Kidderminster and Stourport to create the new cemetery in its 2004 local plan, as the current one in Park Lane was nearing capacity. The district council said the new development, which lies on the plateaux above and next to the River Stour valley, had been “designed and developed sensitively with attention to detail in an attractive setting on the edge of the Stour Valley”.

RESIDENTS have voiced objections to proposals for a crematorium and cemetery in Rugby. Over 100 people have raised concerns about plans to develop the facility on land off Ashlawn Road after viewing plans at Paddox Methodist Church where they were on display over the weekend. The proposal for the £3 million crematorium and cemetery has been developed jointly between Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council. Coun Noreen New, ward borough councillor for Paddox, said she has been contacted by scores of residents who are unhappy with the proposals and plan to hand in a petition to Rugby Borough Council by the end of the week.

Sick thieves stole a newly laid floral tribute that spelled out the word "Mum" from a crematorium hours after a funeral. Alice Rollins, 81, died from cancer on July 18 at her home in Benhill Road in Sutton. The distraught family attended a funeral at the Lower Morden Lane Crematorium on July 21 to pay their last respects. Following the service, thieves walked into the crematorium and took a vase and a basket full of flowers and also a large wreath which spelled out the word "Mum". Daughter Sandra Sansom, 62 said she felt physically sick when she found out what had happened.

Why did they stand aside and let it happen? Where were the parents when she needed them most? Why didn't management intervene? It's the grieving curve, as a doctor will tell you, and blame is a huge part of the process. But Mitch Winehouse eloquently put all that misplaced criticism and wayward speculation to rest at his daughter's funeral yesterday. During his eulogy in Edgware, at the crematorium in Golders Green, followed by a gathering at Southgate Synagogue, he handled himself with dignity and class. He held back his emotions as the day he feared for the past five years finally arrived.

Amy Winehouse's ashes will be mixed with her beloved grandmother's. The 'Back to Black' singer is due to be cremated today in accordance with Jewish custom, and her family will fulfil her wish that her ashes are put with those of her grandmother, Cynthia, who died in 2006 from lung cancer. The funeral – which was given permission to take place after the inquest into her death was opened and immediately adjourned at London's St Pancras Coroner's Court yesterday following her passing on Saturday - is thought to be taking place at Golders Green Crematorium in north London at 3pm.

Nine parks and public spaces in northern Lincolnshire have received an award which ranks them among the best in the UK. Five Green Flag Awards have been retained in North East Lincolnshire and new awards picked up for Cleethorpes Country Park and Grimsby Crematorium. Woodlands Crematorium and Kingsway Gardens in Scunthorpe have also retained their Green Flag status. The award is recognition of a good quality park and facilities.

A new €3.5m crematorium and graveyard is being proposed for a scenic 10-acre site in Kilternan. Park Developments is seeking permission for a 1,700-space traditional graveyard, three metre-high crematorium walls to store ashes and a two-storey scheme that would include a chapel with seating for 150 people, two prayer rooms and a "committal'' room with two cremators.

The remains of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess have been exhumed from a grave in Bavaria after it became a pilgrimage for thousands of right-wing extremists. A church official in the southern town of Wunsiedel said on Thursday the tomb had been razed and its headstone removed after consulting with Hess's family over how to handle the grave site. "The bones were removed and brought to the crematorium, and the ashes are to be scattered at sea," Peter Seisser said.

RESIDENTS got their first look at controversial plans for a new crematorium in Rugby. The £3 million project is being developed jointly by Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council and is proposed for land off Ashlawn Road. Rugby Borough Council unveiled its plans at St Andrew's Rugby Club where 500 people viewed and discussed the plans with council representatives. Some residents think the crematorium should be located elsewhere. Noel Davison said: "It's in the wrong area. This is perfect farmland which should be kept for farmers but is instead going to be built on. I'm not saying we don't need a crematorium I just don't think it's in the right place. The plans look nice and people who are not fussed either way could be swayed by them.