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Management at Dundee Crematorium have apologised to bereaved families after an essential piece of equipment broke down during a funeral service. The crematorium is one of 33 run by funeral services company Dignity. A spokesman for the West Midlands firm said the mechanical fault affected the platform which lowers the coffin out of view at the end of the service.

A BEREAVED family has backed plans to install webcams in Worcester’s crematorium. When 34-year-old IT consultant Paul Fletcher of Droitwich lost his battle with cancer at the beginning of December friends and family from as far away as America and Australia wanted to attend his funeral but were unable to get there.

IT was 18 months ago when an ‘interested party’ revealed it wanted to buy the council-owned Bretby Crematorium and from then on the authority was ‘duty bound’ to find other bidders thus securing,what it said was the best value for residents. Councillor Richard Grosvenor and chief executive Andy O’Brien stick by the claim and have now revealed that Midland Co-op, as the preferred bidder, wants to buy the Geary Lane site for £8 million, to be the company’s first crematorium.

PITSEA Cemetery is facing a grave problem. It is rapidly running out of burial space with just 24 plots left, which will last for around six months. This means new burials would move from the Basildon Council-run cemetery to one at Basildon crematorium, owned and run by the Westleigh Group – or to other council run cemeteries at Wickford or Great Burstead, which have spaces for more than another 20 years.

The Mail understands that Bretby Crematorium could be sold for £7.5 million following a secret meeting to discuss the deal. Protesters were out in force yesterday at the Geary Lane site, which is jointly owned by East Staffordshire Borough Council and South Derbyshire District Council. They vented their anger and opposition to controversial proposals to sell the facility to a private operator.

Spending fall of £2.7m backed by Worcester councillors A budget which will see spending next year fall from £13.6m to £10.9m has been approved by Worcester councillors. Leader of the Conservative-controlled city council Simon Geraghty said it had tried to protect "wherever possible frontline public services".

The sale of Bretby Crematorium will be determined by just one man, it has been revealed. A secret meeting of Tory-controlled East Staffordshire Borough Council decided that Richard Grosvenor, leader of the controlling authority, will determine the outcome of the controversial plan to privatise the site.

Mourners might get to watch the funerals of family and friends from the comfort of their own home by having the service streamed live over the internet. High-definition webcams might be fixed in Worcester’s crematorium so people who cannot get to funerals can watch the service as it happens or at another time by downloading a file. The service would cost £40.

Plans to build a new crematorium and memorial garden near Lichfield have been unveiled. Mercia Crematoria Developments have submitted plans to Lichfield District Council to develop the new site at land behind the Fradley Arms pub.

Furious mail readers have come forward to vent their anger at the potential sale of Bretby Crematorium which has moved a step closer to privatisation. The Mail revealed that two secret council meetings will be held to discuss ‘disposing’ with the Geary Lane site to a private operator which has led to outrage from the public, many of whom have relatives’ ashes scattered there.