3 h. 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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28 h. 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'

Events

37 h. ago ‘One bite and he was hooked’: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra

Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is particularly high in the west, forming more than half the average diet in the UK and the US, for example, UPFs are replacing fresh food in diets on every continent.This month, the world’s largest review on the health threats of UPFs was published in the Lancet. It warned that such foods are exposing millions of people to long-term harm, and called for urgent action. Earlier this year Unicef revealed that more children around the world were obese than underweight for the first time, as junk food overwhelms diets, with the steepest rises in low- and middle-income countries. Continue reading...

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64 h. 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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7 d. ago Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds

Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdownAfrica’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilisers.The alarming shift, which has happened since 2010, means all of the planet’s three main rainforest regions – the South American Amazon, south-east Asia and Africa – have gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Livingston MP secures CAHMS crisis meeting with government minister

Gregor Poynton wrote directly to the Scottish Government outlining the issues raised and calling for urgent action.

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9 d. ago Pets at Home profits tumble as 'urgent and necessary' action needed to revive chain

Pets at Home has warned that 'urgent and necessary' measures are needed to turn around its retail arm as group profits tumbled by more than a third to £36.2 million

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9 d. ago ‘Urgent’ action needed to revive Pets at Home retail chain, says interim boss

Pets at Home’s retail business saw profits plunge by 84.1%, leaving overall group profits down by more than a third.

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9 d. ago Police found vile images on his work computer, he gave a pathetic excuse

James Raidy has been posed as being at 'high risk of making serious harm to children'

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1 week ago Ryan Reynolds forced to take action after Wrexham player's urgent 2am call

The Hollywood actor has opened up on the moment one Wrexham player called him 'so upset' in the middle of the night

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1 week ago A quarter of children could be classified as clinically obese by 2035, report warns

The Class of 2035 report warns that “urgent action” needs to be taken.

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1 week ago A quarter of 10 year olds could be classified as clinically obese by 2035, report warns

The Class of 2035 report warns that “urgent action” needs to be taken.

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1 week ago Coffins are 'too LARGE to be cremated' warn funeral directors

The growing number of overweight, obese and morbidly obese people is driving demand for oversized caskets and prompting crematoriums to install larger furnaces.

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1 week ago JONATHAN ASHWORTH: 'Giving every child the best chance in life has to be at heart of Labour’s vision'

'The British people are yearning to hear a compelling story about our country’s future with bold urgent action', the former shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth writes

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2 w. ago Choose Love celebrates 10 years at Royal Albert Hall concert: 'We should still have hope'

Choose Love has spent a decade helping some of the most vulnerable people in the world, and tonight’s show at the Royal Albert Hall will combine celebration with urgent calls for action

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2 w. ago Funeral directors left body of elderly man to decompose in warm mortuary room with water dripping down the walls, court hears

Richard Elkin, 49, and Hayley Bell, 42, who ran Elkin and Bell Funerals in Gosport, Hampshire, are on trial at Portsmouth Crown Court accused of preventing lawful burial of a dead body and fraud.

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2 w. ago A Milne: Three people charged by police over alleged ashes 'mishandling' at funeral directors

Police have charged three people in connection with the practices of A Milne Independent Funeral Directors

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2 w. ago Three people charged over mishandling of cremated remains at Scots funeral firm

Police Scotland launched Operation Koine to investigate A Milne Funeral Directors and, with support from North Wales colleagues, have now charged three people over funeral plan fraud.

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2 w. ago Wrexham given promotion ultimatum as Ryan Reynolds spending issue highlighted

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have been told to take urgent action to achieve their Premier League dream

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is 'crying out'

Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet

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