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Grieving families had to hold cremations miles from their hometown because of a backlog at a council-run site. A broken burner at Wrexham Crematorium meant 17 services were diverted to Shrewsbury. The crematorium in Pentrebychan was already facing a backlog of services as essential upgrades are being carried out. Wrexham County Borough Council chiefs insisted they were working as hard as they could to accommodate cremations and hoped they would be back on schedule in July with all upgrades completed by autumn.

Farmer hits out over contamination concerns at proposed Mintlaw development Fears have been raised about human ash ending up in the water supply of residents living near the site of a proposed crematorium in Buchan. Farmer Russell Gall outlines his contamination concerns in a letter to Aberdeenshire Council officials considering the plan for West Knock Farm, south of Mintlaw.

LIVERPOOL Council will consider taking legal action over the approval of a crematorium on Greendale Rd. At Monday night’s council meeting, councillors voted to seek legal advice about overturning the recent Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) decision in the Land and Environment Court. If success is likely, they want to start legal action on behalf of Greendale Rd residents immediately. Panel member and councillor Tony Hadchiti voted against the development application and raised concerns about the process.

KOCHI: An eco-friendly crematorium which will work on biogas and solar energy will be set up at the existing crematorium in Ravipuram. The inauguration of the work of the modernised crematorium will be held on June 5. Union Minister K V Thomas will inaugurate the work. As per the plan, the renovation work will be completed within six months. The Rotary Club Ernakulam is doing the renovation work at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 crore. "As per the proposal, the renovated Ravipuram crematorium will be an eco-friendly one which will work on biogas and solar energy. The existing crematorium uses firewood for cremation," said Kochi Corporation Health Standing Committee chairman T K Ashraf.

Northland police have described the vandalism of a Far North crematorium as "pretty low". Kerikeri police have appealed for information into the burglary at the Wiroa Rd crematorium, sometime between May 13-May 17. Decorative metalwork above a water feature had been smashed and copper removed from a wall.

Thirty-two people have signed up to a controversial ‘grave-share’ scheme designed to combat a shortage of new burial spaces in a popular cemetery. City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, in Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, has an estimated 400 to 500 burials each year and just 3,000 new graves, meaning that it will run out of space in around six years.

Motorists who were handed £70 parking fines while attending funerals in Grimsby say common sense has prevailed after council bosses agreed to withdraw the tickets. Furious mourners contacted the Grimsby Telegraph to express their disgust after being handed parking fines while grieving the loss of loved ones at Grimsby Crematorium. At the time, council parking boss Jason Longhurst branded the actions of parking wardens as “unacceptable” and announced plans to rescind tickets given to mourners.

Bosses at a crematorium in Weston have moved a step closer to expanding their operations with a new five-acre memorial and cemetery. Dignity Funeral Services have been given the nod to put forward a planning application for the new burial area at the Ebdon Road site. It comes after North Somerset Council said the proposed scheme would not need an Environmental Impact Assessment ahead of the submission.

A woman whose car was broken into while attending her grandfather's funeral is warning visitors to be vigilant when parking at Streetly Crematorium. Rachel Marsh said the theft of her bag, which she left in the foot-well of her car, had left her angry and upset. "I didn't even think about taking my bag with me, my mind was obviously on other things.

Just 20 people have attended public surgeries designed to allay fears over the sale of Bretby Crematorium to a private company, it has been claimed — despite fierce opposition to the deal beforehand. Three surgeries have been held by Midlands Co-operative Society which has recently purchased the Geary Lane site from joint owners East Staffordshire Borough and South Derbyshire District Councils for £8 million.