UK mourners choosing simpler funerals in COVID crisis - Dignity

(Reuters) - UK funeral services group Dignity said on Monday families burying loved ones in the COVID-19 pandemic were opting for simpler services as it reported a rise in the overall number of deaths compared to last year and a drop in profits. The group, reporting on results for its operations to the end of March, also pointed to uncertainties over how and when families would hold funerals and knock-on effects from the crisis on the numbers of deaths in coming years.It said as a result of..