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Allistair Anderson from the City of London cemetery explains why discretion and professionalism are so important in his line of business, as is a good sense of humour. Outside the north chapel of the City of London cemetery and crematorium in east London, a single magpie hops around on the grass. Close by, a family is waiting for Allistair Anderson, the cemetery's senior crematorium officer, to go through arrangements for a forthcoming funeral with them.

A local authority has approved plans to supply a leisure centre with heat from a crematorium A local authority has approved plans to supply a leisure centre with heat from a crematorium. Redditch council gave the proposal to divert heat from Redditch Crematorium’s chimney to the redeveloped Abbey Stadium sports centre the green light at a council meeting last Monday.

The metal body parts of people cremated at Chelmsford Crematorium have been used to raise more than £8,000 for Farleigh Hospice. Money was raised by a scheme organised by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM).

The potential sale of Bretby Crematorium has moved a significant step closer with a secret meeting to be held about ‘disposing’ of the site to a private operator. The Mail understands that four companies have now submitted bids to buy the crematorium — jointly owned by East Staffordshire Borough Council and South Derbyshire District Council.

THEY have been used for decades to collect the ashes of our loved ones. The traditional urn has been the chosen vessel to safely store the treasured remains of family and friends. But the familiar plastic urn is being scrapped in Southampton to make way for a more environmentally friendly flat-pack cardboard box. Grieving families across the city will no longer have the ashes of their loved ones returned to them in an urn, as council bosses ditch tradition in favour of going green.

THE family of Marjorie Clague has been left devastated after an “admin error” led to crematorium staff spreading her ashes in the wrong place. Mrs Clague’s family was awaiting a private committal ceremony at Distington Hall Crematorium last Friday to carry out her final wish of having her ashes buried alongside those of her late husband, William.

THIEVES forced their way into Markeaton Crematorium and stole sheets of copper from the roof of the building. Police are investigating the incident which happened between 6pm on Friday and 10.55am on Saturday . The burglars got inside the site in Markeaton Lane after cutting the chain and padlock on the crematorium gates.

A local authority in England (Redditch) has given the go ahead for a swimming pool to use energy created by the next-door crematorium to heat its water. The plan, the first of its kind in Britain, will see waste heat from the incinerator chimney used to warm up the neighboring leisure center and its new pool. "The cremation process is a sensitive matter and we wanted to be sure our proposals had widespread support," said Councilor Carole Gandy, the leader of Redditch Borough Council in central England.

Distington Hall Crematorium is due to get an upgrade worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, but one mourner said she had been left in the dark about the changes. Site owner Copeland council plans to build a new crematorium hall, additional parking for up to 27 more vehicles and a more environmentally friendly crematorium system. But one couple were distressed when they found the chapel of remembrance closed unexpectedly last month without any explanation.

THE region’s first crematorium is set to be operational in Melrose by the end of this year. A wrangle over access to adjoining land, required to be planted with trees and shrubs as part of the £2.6million project, has been resolved, TheSouthern can reveal. And Borders building companies are being invited to apply for inclusion on a tendering list which will be drawn up during the next six weeks, with construction due to start in May. “The project is ideal for a medium-sized company and we would be delighted to hear from local contractors,” said Adrian Britton, operations manager of Bristol-based Westerleigh.