Funeral directors and families in the North East are creating more personal send-offs that reflect the lives of the people who have died. Friends, carers and memorial makers have added touches such as a bus-shaped gravestone and a celebrant's playful nod to a pilot's career.
Two Staffordshire landscapers, Wade Taylor and Shane Hassall, posted a playful prank video challenging footballer Erling Haaland to comment on it. Haaland responded, and the viral attention led a go-karting company to offer them a free session. The pair now plan to raise money for BBC Children in Need.
A Buckinghamshire hotel has shared heartwarming nominations for its local hero contest as the deadline approaches.
Culliford House has raised £1,500 for six-year-old Reggie during his leukaemia treatment.
