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New regulations have been agreed to control the level of memorabilia left in Reading Crematorium. The set of rules were drawn up following a consultation which showed widespread support for personal mementoes and personalised headstones. However, users of the site agreed there should clearer rules about what is and is not allowed and stricter enforcement of them. A review of the regulations was launched in January after the amount of personal memorabilia left in the All Hallows Road cemetery sparked complaints from the public.

POLICE are calling on communities to step up their vigilance to combat thieves who strip churches of lead. Since January, about 50 churches in Lincolnshire have been targeted in 60 separate attacks.And with more than 600 churches in the county to protect, Lincolnshire Police says it is "unrealistic" for its officers to thoroughly police them without help from residents. The most vulnerable sites are being identified so that more resources can be allocated. But to regularly patrol all the churches is impossible without other priorities suffering.

The country’s funeral traditions have changed dramatically. More and more Koreans are beginning to prefer cremation over the traditional burial. Two decades ago, 17.8 percent of those deceased were cremated. Today, those cremated has reached more than 65 percent. A survey by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs showed that 79.3 percent of respondents wished to be cremated after death. They also desired their remains be scattered in lakes or on mountains instead of being kept in a vault somewhere.

FUNERAL services will be held on weekends at a council cemetery after new regulations were agreed. Chelmsford Council’s cabinet members discussed the proposals on Tuesday. The plans were drawn up following a report concerning the council-run cemetery and crematorium in Writtle Road. The report consulted with residents about what changes could be made to the site. Following suggestions in the report, the facility, which handles around 2,200 cremations and 150 burials each year, will hold more services on weekends.

THIEVES stole a laptop from a crematorium while a funeral service was taking place. They struck at Overdale Crematorium as assistant Paul Schofield — who controls the music for services and who had years’ worth of funeral music stored on the computer — left the room to take flowers off the coffin and outside to the grieving family. The thieves also stole two mobile phones and later used the stolen Nokia 2012 to call Mr Schofield’s partner, Lynne Guest, to brag about the theft.

Geleen, Netherlands - Hans-Joachim Friedrich has been offering an unusual service to his customers for over 15 years. The 60-year-old's day begins at 7:30 in the morning in a car park in the western German city of Leverkusen when Friedrich's small bus pulls up to collect a small group of pensioners who have gathered for their day-trip.

THE private firm appointed to run Harlow’s council-owned cemetery and crematorium has pledged to invest £3m into modernising the ageing facility. New operator Westerleigh officially took over the management of Parndon Wood Cemetery and Crematorium on Friday on a 25-year lease - and it has wasted no time in unveiling plans for a raft of phased improvements designed to ensure the service is "fit for the future".

SOLAR panels could be installed at Gwent Crematorium to help with energy costs. A report to the Greater Gwent Crematorium Joint Committee says the panels could be installed on three areas of flat roof on the building in Croesyceiliog. It is estimated they could generate around 9,000 KW per year, amounting to £3,654, which would provide around five per cent of the building’s annual requirements.

A £1.6m scheme to cut mercury emissions at Rawdon Crematorium is going ahead. Councillors this week authorised the spending of more than £1.6m on a scheme which will see new filtration equipment installed at the crematorium. Leeds City Council is aiming to half mercury emissions by next year and slash them completely by 2020, to meet government and European Union environmental targets. Failure to meet the targets could have resulted in the government forcing the closure of the crematorium.

Park Developments, the property firm owned by Michael Cotter, plans to spend €3.5million building a crematorium and graveyard on a ten-acre site in Kilternan, south Dublin. The firm is looking for permission to build a two-storey scheme that would include a chapel with seating for 150 people, two prayer rooms and a ‘‘committal’’ room with two cremators.