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BBC.com Content Index - 08 07 2020

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Doreen Wilson pictured smiling at home.

Funeral costs rise despite 'pauper' ceremonies

Two thirds of UK councils increase costs for cremation ceremonies during the pandemic.

Neville Wilson

'It felt like a pauper's funeral'

The cost of cremations in the UK has continued to rise despite reduced services on offer during the pandemic.

Top (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones

Arena attack survivors lose inquiry legal bid

The survivors will not be legally represented at a public inquiry into the 2017 bombing.

Life-size wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump is officially unveiled in Rozno, near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia

Melania Trump statue torched in Slovenia

Police investigate after the statue of the US first lady was targeted in her hometown on 4 July.

Child in Yemen

Fighting on Yemen's Covid front line

Five years of civil war have left the country's medical system devastated and Covid-19 is spreading largely unchecked.

Wanjiku Mbugua

Migrants fleeing abuse 'face losing support'

£10m to help during the coronavirus crisis may not continue after the pandemic, a charity warns.

New sign

Bike passing distance signs a 'UK first'

The council hopes they will encourage drivers to keep their distance when overtaking cyclists.

Laura Wood

'Smell training' to recover senses lost to virus

Laura Wood found out she had caught Covid-19 after not being able to taste coffee or hot cross buns.

Laura Wood and her daughter Mari

'Coronavirus wiped out my sense of smell'

Laura Wood has daily "smell training" after losing her sense of taste and smell from coronavirus.

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