Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Tag: Funeral

Anger as doctors pocket £142 for every cremation

By Michael MacLeod SCOTTISH doctors have pocketed an estimated £1.5 million by charging grieving families to have cremation certificates signed. The £71 so-called “ash cash”...

Scots’ funeral songs put on musical urns

By Cara Sulieman THE Scottish band who penned a dedicated funeral album are to have their sombre songs played to grieving households across the country...

Bill McLaren’s family “overwhelmed” by love ahead of funeral

By Michael MacLeod ICONIC Scottish rugby commentator Bill McLaren will be laid to rest in his hometown of Hawick tomorrow (Monday). Loudspeakers will relay his...

Hundreds turn out to give Bentley dad a special send-off

By Rory Reynolds THE SOUND of more than a dozen rumbling Bentleys filled a quiet graveyard yesterday to honour a lifelong collector of the famous...

Hundreds pay tribute to “brave hero” Corporal Tam

by Andrea McCallum HUNDREDS of mourners including soldiers in full regimental dress turned out to pay their last respects to a fallen Scots “hero” laid...

Google Maps sends mourners to crematorium eleven miles off target

By Cara Sulieman INTERNET giants Google have found themselves at a dead loss in Fife after mixing up a crematorium in Dunfermline with one located...

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