English - Crematorium.eu News about crematoria in Europe - www.crematorium.eu informs about crematoria in Europe- Krematorium.eu- crematorio.eu, find a crematorium

Thieves have stolen 66 bronze plaques from a south London crematorium to sell for scrap, a council has said. Staff at Croydon Crematorium, located within Mitcham Road Cemetery, discovered the theft on Tuesday morning, Croydon Council said. The council said securing the site, where 150 plaques were stolen in June, was "difficult".

The speed limit could be lowered on a west Cumbrian road that is at the centre of concerns about fast traffic. Highways experts are recommending a new 40mph limit be introduced on the Distington Crematorium route – the C4011 – which links villages such as Pica and Gilgarran. A report to county councillors says concern exists about “perceived high levels of fast-moving traffic” using this route.

Work to link a Worcestershire crematorium to a new swimming pool is due to begin. The controversial project will use heat from Redditch crematorium to warm the pool at Abbey Stadium Leisure Centre. Redditch councillors said it would save more than £14,000 a year and building work would take up to five weeks.

A FAMILY owned furniture manufacturer has completed a contract to fit out the first crematorium widely open to expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As part of the £80,000 deal North Yorkshire based Treske Ltd made furniture for the new crematorium chapel at Al Foah, outside Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the UAE. It is the first crematorium in the city, which is home to 400,000 expatriates, and only the second in the UAE, with the other facility in Dubai subject to strict restrictions.

THE council is considering putting up the cost of funeral services by another 7 per cent. That is on top of the 10 per cent rise imposed in January. The move has been prompted by warnings that the community services budget is heading for a £125,000 shortfall. Increasing charges for the 1,700 services at the Park Wood Crematorium, in Elland, could raise £55,000 in a full year.

It is a process which has aroused controversy around the country, but a West academic believes that using heat from crematoria to produce electricity will soon become widely accepted. Dr John Troyer, from the University of Bath’s Centre for Death & Society, has been researching the possibility for more than a year and says that one day the heat could potentially produce enough energy to sell back to the National Grid.

An expert from the University of Bath is looking at how heat produced from crematoria could be used to produce electricity. Dr John Troyer, from the university's Centre for Death and Society, has been carrying out research at Haycombe Cemetery and Crematorium in the city and believes that electricity could be produced to sell back to the National Grid.

THE state government has no power to stop the construction of a large crematorium, temple and dormitory complex at Greendale. Last month angry residents petitioned Planning Minister Brad Hazzard to request he overturn approval for the site at 992 Greendale Rd, Greendale, claiming it posed health risks and would disturb the semi-rural street.

CONTROVERSIAL application for a crematorium to be built at West Grinstead has been refused by a Horsham District Council planning committee. Members of the development control south committee heard at their meeting on Tuesday about the plans which proposed establishing a crematorium off the A272 Cowfold Road. Six people spoke for and against the development, with those opposed to the plans highlighting similar issues including concerns over traffic and if there was a need for one to be built in the countryside.

The borough council has recently completed major refurbishment works to Weymouth Crematorium. To mark the official re-opening, there will be an open day and re-dedication service at the Crematorium from 10am on Saturday 24 September. Government legislation means that where possible crematoriums must upgrade their inner workings to meet new environmental standards. Whilst this essential work was carried out, the council also made several improvements to the facility both inside and out, to make it more accessible and more welcoming for users.