Neighbours are up in arms after a pensioner lodged a plan to turn his back garden into a cemetery. Alan Whitley proposed 200 graves at Bracken Cottage in Shincliffe, County Durham, after receiving interest from a funeral director due to a lack of plots in the east of the county. But furious residents have accused the … Read more
More than two weeks after George Floyd took his last breath under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, the 46-year-old ‘gentle giant’ has been laid to rest alongside his mother in Texas. Floyd died on May 25 after officer Derek Chauvin, 44, kneeled on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Chauvin was … Read more
Medieval cemetery discovered under a Berlin car park reveals its original residents’ lives were plagued by conflict, disease and poor diets Signs of rickets, scurvy and tuberculosis were found on some of the skeletons They had been buried around the former St Peter’s Church in Colln, now in Berlin Archaeologists suggested the remains reveal the … Read more
Shocking moment 20 teenagers brawl in a CEMETERY in broad daylight during lockdown The group of youths fought in a cemetery despite the current lockdown rules A shocked eyewitness to the brawl said: ‘None of them were socially distancing’ People are only permitted to meet one other person from another household providing they maintain two … Read more
US soldiers hold ‘modified’ military funerals at Arlington Cemetery as they wear face masks for services and mourners observe social distancing during Covid-19 crisis Soldiers gave military honors while wearing face masks amid the pandemic Military funeral for army veteran was held at Arlington National Cemetery Modified funeral proceedings in compliance with Sectary of Defense … Read more
Islamic mass graves for up to 10 bodies are being dug for Muslim victims of the coronavirus pandemic, MailOnline can reveal. The plots, which are 10 metres long and two metres wide, have been dug at Kemnal Park Cemetery in Chislehurst, south east London. They are being introduced to cope with the large number of … Read more