‘It wasn’t the send off he deserved’: How families are having to say goodbye on Zoom and grieve from a distance

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‘It wasn’t the send off he deserved’: How families are having to say goodbye on Zoom and grieve from a distance
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Although the government hasn't banned funerals, social distancing guidelines and closures of all places of worship is prohibitive. Sophie Gallagher talks to those saying goodbye in previously unimaginable ways

telling organisers to limit the number of attendees to five and stand two metres apart. The Church of England banned funerals in Anglican churches and in some places local councils stepped in; on 4 Aprilservices. A former Welsh Assembly member, Lorraine Barrett has also said funerals should be outright prohibited in Wales.

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