Myanmar coup: Boy cries over coffin of his friend, 13, who was shot dead by soldiers as they fled

As mourners wept over the senseless loss of a 13-year-old child’s life – shot dead by Myanmar military forces – no sight was more tragic than that of his heartbroken friend.  Tragic video footage has emerged of the boy crying over his playmate Sai Wai Yan’s coffin after he was shot dead on Saturday in … Read more

Sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin will go on display at Yorkshire museum

The sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore‘s coffin inscribed with the badge of his old unit, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, will go on display at a Yorkshire museum. The specially-commissioned blade appeared on the casket alongside the union flag, Cpt Sir Tom’s war medals and his knighthood medal during the funeral last month.  … Read more

Crematorium bans Union flag draped over World War II veteran’s coffin due to ‘Covid rules’ 

Crematorium is slammed after it banned Union flag being draped over World War II veteran’s coffin because of ‘Covid rules’ Major Frank Clark’s family told they couldn’t have flag by Southend Crematorium They said the ban on flags, as is customary for veterans, was due to ‘Covid rules’ Major Clark’s funeral will instead held at … Read more

Six soldiers from Captain Tom Moore’s Yorkshire Regiment will carry coffin at his funeral

Six soldiers from Captain Sir Tom Moore’s Yorkshire Regiment will carry his coffin at his funeral to honour the D-Day hero. Captain Tom’s daughter Lucy Teixeira said her hero father’s funeral will be ‘quite spectacular’ following the 100-year-old Second World War veteran’s death earlier this month.  Captain Tom, who raised more than £32 million for the … Read more

How Covid has been the nail in the coffin for many local bank branches

Industry veteran: Tony Foot started his bank career in 1964 When Tony Foot started his bank career in 1964, there were a handful of branches in every town and the manager knew all their customers by name. Here, the 74-year-old retired bank manager explains why we all lose out when banks close their doors… During … Read more

Sheldon Adelson’s coffin lands in Israel, is greeted by Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Jerusalem burial

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson and mega-donor to US President Donald Trump, who died on Tuesday aged 87 after a long illness, has been buried in Jerusalem.  The casino mogul’s coffin was greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adelson’s wife Miriam on Thursday night, and was buried on Friday. The billionaire mogul and power broker, who built a … Read more

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas has received comments from trolls about ‘putting her in a coffin’

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas has received comments from trolls about ‘putting her in a coffin’… as she discusses backlash after axing Ranvir Singh By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 18:19 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 18:22 GMT, 17 December 2020 Strictly Come Dancing‘s head judge Shirley Ballas has revealed the extent of the trolls’ comments … Read more

ANDREW NEIL: No Deal would be nail in coffin of Western democracy and celebrated by Russia and China

The mood music emanating from the Brexit talks has turned cheerier. Let’s hope the tune continues to be upbeat in the few days remaining to clinch a deal. For No Deal won’t just have serious, negative consequences for Britain and the European Union. It would be a setback for the West and democracies everywhere. The … Read more

Dead man banned from his own funeral because he arrived on a chair and not a coffin 

Dead man is banned from his own funeral because he arrived on a chair and not a coffin Che Lewis, 29, was denied entry to his own funeral because his body arrived seated instead of in a coffin The young man was shot and killed along with his father Adlay in their Trinidad and Tobago … Read more

Diego Maradona’s coffin arrives at Argentinian president’s mansion

Diego Maradona’s body arrived at the presidential palace in Argentina today as a grieving country prepares to pay its last respects to the flawed football genius who died on Wednesday at the age of 60.   As a crowd of weeping fans gathered outside, Maradona’s coffin was lifted out of an ambulance and brought into the … Read more