China to ban storing remains of dead in ‘bone ash apartments’
Practice of using apartments to store relatives’ ashes has risen as rapid urbanisation and aging population increases competition for cemetery plots
Farming stalwart and grandson remembered after dam accident
By Claudia Sullivan
Tributes are flowing in for a central Queensland producer who died with his grandson when machinery rolled on a property at the weekend.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/tributes-for-agricultural-stalwart-ian-burnett-and-grandson/106515616
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Farming stalwart and grandson remembered after dam accident
Tributes are flowing in for a central Queensland producer who died with his grandson when machinery rolled on a property at the weekend.
Dying woman opens up on facing mortality at age 26
By David Marchese
Before ending her life through voluntary assisted dying, Annaliese Holland shares her final wishes and advice on living a full life.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/annaliese-holland-opens-up-voluntary-assisted-dying/106503200
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Dying woman opens up on facing mortality at age 26
Before ending her life through voluntary assisted dying, Annaliese Holland shares her final wishes and advice on living a full life.
Spanish woman wins legal battle to end her life under euthanasia law
Noelia Castillo, 25, has struggled with psychiatric illness since she was young and tried to kill herself in October 2022
In the final stage of Ryan's young life, his family says he was let down
By Sam Bradbrook
Ryan Bowman fought through congenital heart defects and cancer, but his family says his final hospital visit led to some frightening final hours.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-26/ryan-bowman-palliative-care-foundation-regional-hospitals/106391572
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In the final stage of Ryan's young life, his family says he was let down
Ryan Bowman fought through congenital heart defects and cancer, but his family says his final hospital visit led to some frightening final hours.
Why are memorial benches so popular? Because they keep the dead part of the flow of everyday life
UK towns are overwhelmed with requests for more. And no wonder: inscribed on them are intimate flashes of the people we knew and loved, says life writing professor Anne Karpf
Graves in England and Wales could be reused after 100 years
Law Commission wants to modernise law relating to cremation and burial and create more capacity
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