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    <title>Golden Charter All Updates</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cost of arranging a loved ones funeral tops &#163;3000</title>
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        <![CDATA[The ‘Annual Cost of Dying’ report released earlier today has provoked concern over how many individuals and families can meet the rising costs of arranging a loved ones funeral.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cost of burial forces cremation</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/117_cost_of_burial_forces_cremation</link>
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        <![CDATA[A recent BBC news article reported on rising council burial costs. Devon woman Rosemary Bishop felt that she had no option but to cremate her mother-in-law, despite her mother-in-law’s desire to be buried alongside her husband in a double grave the family]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Councils push up the cost of funerals</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/118_councils_push_up_the_cost_of_funerals</link>
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        <![CDATA[An investigation by BBC Breakfast has found that many councils across Britain have increased the amount they charge for burials and cremations.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Local Authorities find one last way to tax their residents</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/119_local_authorities_find_one_last_way_to_tax_their_residents</link>
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        <![CDATA[A recent article in the Guardian has highlighted the rising cost of one key element of funeral costs, namely the charges by crematoria and cemeteries.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>22 apply to become carver of gravestones</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/120_22_apply_to_become_carver_of_gravestones</link>
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        <![CDATA[An appeal from a Great Yarmouth monumental mason to find an apprentice to learn the craft of engraving headstones has resulted in more than 20 applications.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cost of burials and cremations set to soar in Southampton</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/122_cost_of_burials_and_cremations_set_to_soar_in_southampton</link>
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        <![CDATA[Cremation and burial fees in Southampton are to rocket again – making the city the most expensive place in which to die in the south.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Green funeral charity rents Hampshire nuclear bunker </title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/121_green_funeral_charity_rents_hampshire_nuclear_bunker</link>
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        <![CDATA[The BBC has reported that a cold war bunker in Hampshire has found a new use as the headquarters for a charity promoting natural coffins and alternative burial sites. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Green is the new black for funerals.</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/124_green_is_the_new_black_for_funerals</link>
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        <![CDATA[A Planning application for Ireland’s first natural burial ground has been submitted. The Green Graveyard Company has leased a site at Woodbrook House in Wexford. The natural burial trend has grown in the UK and now a growing number of Irish people are int]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Would you pay to be buried with your pets?</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/123_would_you_pay_to_be_buried_with_your_pets</link>
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        <![CDATA[Egyptian pharaohs and Anglo-Saxon warriors were reputedly buried alongside their sacred or treasured animals. Now the practice is being revived as more pet owners are asking to be laid to rest with pet cats, dogs and horses.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cost of burying loved ones in council graveyards may rise thirty percent</title>
      <link>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/125_cost_of_burying_loved_ones_in_council_graveyards_may_rise_thirty_percent</link>
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        <![CDATA[The cost of burying loved ones in council graveyards could jump to £2,163.70, after the authority announced it was looking at increasing burial fees from April.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.goldencharter.co.uk/about_us/news/125_cost_of_burying_loved_ones_in_council_graveyards_may_rise_thirty_percent</guid>
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