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MOURNERS at Cornwall's main crematorium will be distracted from paying their last respects to loved ones if a giant wind turbine is allowed near the site. The concerns have been expressed by Dignity Funerals, owners of the Glynn Valley Crematorium. The company is objecting to a 250ft high turbine planned for Callywith Farm on the outskirts of Bodmin. Agricultural firm Dingle Brothers wants the turbine to power their liquid waste recycling facility. The proposal is due to be discussed by a Cornwall Council planning committee tomorrow evening, but there have been objections that the structure will ruin a sensitive area.

Cremations are on the rise. With the average cost of a full-body burial at $6,560, according to the Brookfield, Wis.-based National Funeral Directors Association, some consumers have gone shopping for deals on how to lay their loved ones to rest more cheaply in these tough economic times. Cremations, which can range anywhere from under $600 to $2,400, have caught on. "The economy is playing into it," said Scott Pennington, general manager of Alhiser-Comer Mortuary in Escondido. "Our cremation rate was about 45 percent in 2009, but it's probably creeping closer to 50 percent."

ALTRINCHAM Crematorium and Dunham Lawn Cemetery will be closed for essential maintenance on Saturday. The grounds will be closed to visitors all day on Saturday March 19 while essential repair work to the access and internal roads are be carried out. Work will also be carried out on the Gardens of Remembrance paths.

A petittion designed to prevent the privatisation of Bretby Crematorium is likely to attract 3,300 signatures, one of its organisers has predicted. Kevin Richards, leader of the opposition Labour group on South Derbyshire District Council, said the total will have been realised despite less than a full day’s campaigning. “I think we will hit 3,300 signatures, which is not bad saying all we’ve done is collect petitions over a 23-hour period,” he said. “The response has been absolutely phenomenal.

There are just too many bodies. Hundreds of dead have washed ashore on Japan's devastated northeast coast since last week's earthquake and tsunami. Others were dug out of the debris Monday by firefighters using pickaxes and chain saws. Funeral homes and crematoriums are overwhelmed, and officials have run out of body bags and coffins.

IN a letter to the Mail, a Burton funeral director has expressed her concerns over the sale of Bretby Crematorium. As one of very few independent funeral directors in the area, Sue Barke, of Murrays Funeral Directors in York Street, has said this is a 'very difficult and unsettling time'. “I WRITE to record my surprise at the comments expressed by Councillor Grosvenor in your paper the other day when he said that funeral directors and clergy did not seem bothered about the selling off of Burton and South Derbyshire’s only crematorium.

Sepa worried over ‘lack of information’ on how surface water at site near mintlaw will be dealt with Fears have been raised about drainage plans for a proposed Buchan crematorium. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) says there is a lack of information on how foul and surface water would be dealt with if the multimillion-pound centre, earmarked for land near Mintlaw, gets the go-ahead. Peterhead funeral director Robert Mackie wants to build on 14 acres at West Knock Farms, between Longside and Stuartfield.

MORE than £1 million is to be invested in making the Woodlands Crematorium in Scunthorpe more environmentally friendly. The £1.1 million investment will see a major rebuild of the cremators at the 47-year-old site to eliminate mercury emissions from the operation. The emissions are triggered when dental fillings melt.

TAKAJO, Japan (AP) — A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of its mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami.

An east Lancashire pet cemetery is offering people the chance to be buried alongside their animal companions, it has emerged. Dog-lover Karl Bartoni, 62, led the charge for Rossendale Pet Crematorium to be allowed to offer the service. He is to be buried in the same grave as his dogs, Barney and Charlie. The Crawshawbooth pet cemetery also has a plot set aside for the graves of up to 40 animal lovers.