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MOURNERS will see a £100 rise in crematorium fees this year if a £1.92million project to improve facilities in the city goes ahead. The crematorium in Barrington Road has not been renovated in 50 years and needs to be updated in order to meet national standards and keep the site open. Funeral director Ian Newman, of I.N. Newman Ltd, has been campaigning for improvements there for about 30 years.

MAJOR changes to Colwyn Bay's crematorium are set to get the go-ahead. Proposals by the Bron y Nant crematorium, on Dinerth Road, to extend the use and size of their current site, will be considered by Conwy County Borough Council’s planning committee today (Wednesday, January 12).

A man who faked his own death in an insurance scam was captured by police when they found his fingerprints on his own death certificate, it has emerged. Alfredo Sanchez and his wife Sophie carried out insurance frauds totalling GBP1.25 million to pay off large credit card debts . However, when Sophie handed crematorium officials her husband’s supposed death certificate, her husband’s fingerprints were later found on it.

Latest in series of rival facilities in the region earmarked for councillor’s land The latest attempt to open Aberdeenshire’s first crematorium will go on public display next week. The multimillion-pound centre is earmarked for a 14-acre plot of land between Longside and Stuartfield, near Mintlaw. The site at West Knock is owned by local councillor Albert Howie.

Grieving relatives can give their loved ones the ultimate musical send-off thanks to new technology at Carlisle Crematorium. The Wesley Music system has replaced the resident organist and offers a choice from thousands of recordings, which are stored on a computer hard disk. They include hymns and classical works performed by the likes of Katherine Jenkins, Harry Secombe, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles are represented, along with more contemporary artists from Daniel O’Donnell to Celine Dion, Susan Boyle, Westlife and Lady Gaga. There are no fewer than four versions of the hymn Abide with Me, eight of Amazing Grace and Danny Boy, and four of Nessun Dorma from the Puccini opera Turandot.

Move to tackle a lack of burial space and environmental concerns over use of carbon dioxide Being freeze dried and smashed into little pieces sounds like the stuff of sci-fi horror movies. But it is one of two methods of dealing with our dearly departed that could soon be available from a funeral director near you.

COUNCIL chiefs have applied for planning permission for an extension to Wearside’s crematorium. Sunderland City Council’s City Services department wants to built a single-story extension to the back of the existing building in the Bishopwearmouth Cemetery grounds.

Japan: The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has ordered local bodies to investigate the disposal of people's cremated remains over fears that companies extracting precious metals such as gold and silver from bodies are inappropriately disposing of the remains and contaminating the ground.

Application for clean energy system comprising 350 panels at site of former airfield at Crimond Plans have emerged to use solar power at the site of what could be Aberdeenshire’s first crematorium. David Gauld, the Edinburgh-based architect behind the project, has tabled proposals with the local authority to build a clean energy system comprising 350 solar panels.

Crematorium bid crosses first hurdle PLANS to build Aberdeenshire’s first crematorium in a north-east village cleared a major milestone yesterday. Councillors voted in favour of a delegated grant for the £3million scheme earmarked for Crimond, which means final approval rests with planning chiefs.