12 h. ago Funeral director charged more than two decades after skull was found in a ravine near a boy scouts’ camp

The skull belonged to Alyce Catharina Peterson, who died at the age of 92 in July 2001

Politics

20 h. ago Simple urine test could reveal your body's REAL age and how long you have left to live

Japanese researchers have developed an epigenetic 'urine aging clock' which is able to work out biological age from just a urine sample.

Politics

23 h. ago Dad forced to scoop out son's liquefied brain after funeral home's horrific mix

After Alexander Pinon's death, his grieving father was traumatised when, due to a shocking error by funeral directors in San Jose, he discovered his son's brain tissue in a package of returned belongings

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3 d. ago 'Do not approach' warning from police as drug gang member escapes from UK jail

Liam Wall, 36, was convicted of drug offences at Cardiff Crown court in 2017 and has now escaped from HMP Prescoed in South Wales - police are urging members of the public not to approach him

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6 d. ago Funeral directors face jail after decomposing body found in mortuary

The bodies of two elderly men were found by enforcement agents who were repossessing a funeral parlour in Gosport, Hampshire, which was run by Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell

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6 d. ago Funeral directors who left 46 bodies to decompose in warm mortuary for over a month are found guilty of denying families lawful burials

Bailiffs found two bodies stored in a room at Elkin and Bell Funerals without refrigeration and with water leaking through the ceiling during a visit in December 2023.

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8 d. ago Grimaldo’s late strike for Leverkusen denies Newcastle comeback victory

Eighty-eight minutes had passed and Newcastle fans were already in party mode when Alejandro Grimaldo collected Ibrahim Maza’s pass and concluded a move he had initiated courtesy of a glorious run and dummy.As the Spain left wing-back’s shot slid beneath Aaron Ramsdale’s body and his Bayer Leverkusen teammates celebrated an arguably deserved equaliser, North Rhine-Westphalia suddenly felt a much colder place for Eddie Howe’s players. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Body found in search for missing Brit woman who 'left home in pjs after row'

A body believed to be that of a 73-year-old British woman has been found near a motorway in Spain after a massive search operation - it is understood she left her home in pjs and flip-flops

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9 d. ago Funeral director calls for 'respect' after spotting 'heartbreaking' new trend

Steven Bell says this is someone's final journey and people need to think

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1 week ago Three men 'ambushed top lawyer and robbed his Louis Vuitton wallet' in London's West End, court hears

Carlos Jaquez, 21, Maiara Ryan, 26, and Abu Naser, 23, have been accused of targeting Stephen Culhane on Bateman Street in Soho on October 26.

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1 week ago Arrests made after singing nutcracker statue stolen from funeral home

The five-foot-tall figure sings to children on their way home from school

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1 week ago 5ft singing nutcracker statue stolen from funeral director's as cops make arrest

Proprietor Luke Allum explained the nutcracker brings happiness to local children and was switched on around 3pm for pupils finishing their day.

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1 week ago Police make arrests after 5ft nutcracker statue which sings to kids is stolen

The nutcracker statue was snatched from outside the front of Luke Allum Funeral Directors in Sheerness, Kent, with the owner saying it brings joy to kids in the town

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1 week ago Funeral directors taking 'urgent action' after undertaker convicted of having vile images

The court heard how he accessed images showing 'sexual interference with corpses'

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2 w. ago Funeral director employee caught with hundreds of child abuse and 'interference with corpse' images

Images on Anthony Williams' devices showed 'sexual interference with corpses'

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2 w. ago Major update after Scots widow handed dead husband's feet still in socks

Annette Federspiel, 58, was given a bag of her husband Mark's belongings by a funeral director - but when she opened it, she found his feet were still in his socks

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2 w. ago Mum's decapitated body dumped in woods after newborn baby left at monastery

The grim discovery was made two weeks after the woman's hands were found by a motorway.

Politics

2 w. ago Man's body left in mortuary for two months as row over funeral erupted

Des, a former charity worker from Prudhoe with no next of kin, had no arrangements made for his cremation.

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2 w. ago Man's body left in mortuary for two months over funeral funding row

Friends of Des Lowther, 68, say they have been 'left fuming' after no public authority took responsibility for his funeral despite him having no next-of-kin.

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2 w. ago Mum left 'wanting to jump out of her own body' after £7,300 Turkey BBL and lipsuction

Kayleigh Lewis is now warning other mums not to be tempted by the Instagram promises of 'mummy makeovers' as she was left 'wanting to jump out of her own body'

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