Large crowd of travellers gather at funeral in breach of social distancing guidelines banning groups of more than ten people meeting after police close A-road to allow huge cortege to pass through Funeral was for Albert Joseph Harper and took place on Wednesday morning in Chichester, West Sussex Mourners travelled around three miles to Portfield … Read more
Celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum and NFL stars attended George Floyd’s funeral in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, with Joe Biden making an appearance via video link and singer Ne-Yo fighting tears while performing. Other well-known attendees included Floyd Mayweather – who sent Floyd’s family a check for the four memorial services which have been … Read more
BBC uses photo of the WRONG George Floyd to illustrate bulletin about his funeral – substituting image of former American Footballer with the same name BBC accidentally broadcast a picture of the wrong George Floyd during piece The news channel aired a picture of the former NFL player for the New York Jets Comes as mourners … 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
Crowds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered in London for George Floyd’s funeral this afternoon as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ at a protest in Oxfordshire. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after a white police officer knelt … Read more
Met Police guarded the Winston Churchill statue from crowds of Black Lives Matters protesters who gathered this afternoon for George Floyd’s funeral – as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ during a demonstration. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after … Read more
Families of Spain’s coronavirus victims attended a mass funeral service at Seville Cathedral in one of the largest social gatherings since lockdown. More than 500 people wore face masks and sat in chairs separated by two meters – instead of pews – on Thursday as they paid tribute to family members who had died from … Read more
Floyd Mayweather ‘offers to pay for funeral of George Floyd as he believes it is the right thing to do’ – with four memorial services to be held in cities across the United States The death of George Floyd last week has sparked mass protests worldwide Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for … Read more
Seven siblings managed to overturn a council’s limit of five mourners at any funeral so they could give their dad a proper send off. Sheffield dad Gerald Hackford, 72, died from a heart blockage on April 16, hours after cheerily speaking to loved ones the night before. While planning the funeral, Sheffield City Council told … Read more
‘We came here to find safety’: Father of model law student Aya Hachem, 19, tells of heartbreak as family returns to Lebanon for her funeral 10 years after they escaped from brutal war Aya Hachem was walking to a supermarket in Blackburn when she was shot Her father Ismail Hachem – a former soldier – … Read more