Death
Help with funeral costs: Know your options
Help with funeral costs: Know your options
If you need help with funeral costs, you might qualify for the DWP funeral grant or through charities to support you during a difficult time
‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
In a passionate and emotionally-charged debate in the House of Commons, MPs on opposing sides discussed whether the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill should move forward to the next parliamentary stage – which could lead to a change in the law to allow assisted dying
‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Bereaved people face ‘significant barriers’ while trying to organise council funerals, research by Quaker Social Action has found
How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered
How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered
Countdown star Susie Dent: Why ‘willanthropy’ is my new favourite word
Countdown star Susie Dent: Why ‘willanthropy’ is my new favourite word
We don’t know how much time we have. So let’s be sure to use it well
We don’t know how much time we have. So let’s be sure to use it well
UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate
UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate
‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral
How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral
Succession shows grief is complicated. Here’s how to get help if you’re dealing with a complex loss
Succession shows grief is complicated. Here’s how to get help if you’re dealing with a complex loss
Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven’t we declared war on it?
Here’s what happens when you leave your body to science
