No-frills funerals increase by 540% in four years as more people choose cheaper alternative

insurance giant SunLife. However, leading funeral firm Low Cost Funeral has revealed how families in the UK are increasingly turning to more affordable and stripped-back send-offs instead.

A documentary exploring claims filmmaker Woody Allen molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child has had its UK release confirmed. Following its showing in the US, Allen v Farrow will premiere on Sky Documentaries on Monday 15 March.

contactless card payment limit will rise from £45 to £100 from Wednesday, March 3 in an effort to boost the retail sector and help protect jobs.However, shoppers may not be able to take advantage of the increased limit until firms make changes to their systems.The changes have been set out in Wednesday's Budget and will see the legal single contactless payment limit more than double.

Maxïmo Park currently lead Alice Cooper in the race for this week’s Number One album in the UK.The artists both released their new albums last Friday (February 26), with the Newcastle band sharing ‘Nature Always Wins’ and the legendary rocker releasing ‘Detroit Stories’.In the midweek chart update from the Official Charts Company, Maxïmo Park is revealed to be just shy of 1,500 sales ahead of second place Cooper in the all-new Top 7 chart.‘Nature Always Wins’ is on course to be Maxïmo Park’s

Church bells rang out and a World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain’s health workers by walking laps in his backyard.

direct to your inboxA Second World War-era plane will soar over Captain Sir Tom Moore’s funeral service in honour of the veteran and NHS charity fundraiser today.The C-47 Dakota, part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which operates from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, will perform the flypast.Sir Tom’s 100th birthday celebrations last year included a Spitfire flypast and he was photographed punching the air as it went past.Soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment will carry his coffin to the

Bolton Council, are facing calls from residents to be suspended and step down from their posts after allegations surfaced that they flew outside of the UK during October 2020. At the time the two councillors left the UK, it was not illegal for people to travel abroad for holidays or other leisure purposes as it is under current UK Covid-19 restrictions.

Amanda Holden has revealed she has planted a palm tree to remember Captain Sir Tom Moore, following his tragic death earlier this month. Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda, 50, posed alongside the large tree in an Instagram photo, which she shared with her 1.7million followers.

five wings of Forest Bank prison in Salford are in lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak.That outbreak disrupted proceedings at Manchester Crown Court with one high-profile trial and two sentencing hearings having to be postponed due to defendants not being produced from Forest Bank due to the lockdown.The latest data from the Ministry of Justice shows that there were 846 positive Covid-19 cases among adult prisoners for the week ending 15 February in the UK, down from 1,005 the week before.The

Funeral For A Friend have rescheduled their upcoming anniversary UK tour to 2022 – see the new dates below.Originally set for April this year, the tour will see the band play material from their first three studio albums: 2003 debut ‘Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation’, 2005’s ‘Hours’ and their third album, 2007’s ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’.Due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, the band’s tour will now take place at the very start of 2022.

Global star Jonas has been dropping glimpses from her stay in London, UK over the past few weeks and they've come as a treat for all her fans across the globe. Be it sharing her journey of promoting her book 'Unfinished' to giving all a glimpse of her makeup routine, Priyanka has been letting fans into her life a bit more since she moved to London for shooting her web series with Richard Madden.

energy suppliers to raise prices on standard tariffs, comparison and switching website, energyhelpline.com, is calling on the UK Government to overhaul the Cold Weather Payment scheme so that it supports more people in need during the winter months.Almost 3.65 million people are eligible for the £25 payment and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that more than 700,000 payments have been made so far this winter across the UK.The Cold Weather Payment scheme offers people

Kemar Roofe has received a two-match ban for a tackle in the match against St Johnstone last Wednesday despite an appeal.The English striker was pulled up by a three-person disciplinary panel after a challenge on midfielder Murray Davidson on the stretch.The tackle was deemed worthy of a yellow card at the time by referee David Munro but that prompted further action from the governing body.Ibrox manager Steven Gerrard believed there was little intent behind Roofe's actions and confirmed the club