Travel guide resource for your visit to Dunstable. “I am very angry that for the second time during the pandemic there has been a flagrant breach of the Covid-19 rules at another traveller funeral in Dunstable today. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. General Public Funeral Directors. Effective 11:59 p.m. February 26, 2021: Compassionate exemptions for funeral attendance are permitted for people coming from outside New Brunswick. News. Funerals are limited to 30 attendees in total. Funeral notices, death notices, in memoriams, announcements and obituaries in Luton, Eastern Skip to Search While you enjoy our new look and all the great new features, rest assured that we haven’t changed any of the 4.7 million notices or our usual outstanding levels of service. Or stroll over to Whipsnade Zoo, home to over 2, 500 animals. February 23, 2021 by Read Sector Parts of a Hertfordshire town became a no-go zone today as police set up a ring of steel around a traveller funeral to enforce Covid safety laws. Dunstable. Before leaving an undertaker issued a warning that vehicles at the cemetery would be limited to five. He added: 'In policing the pandemic, Hertfordshire Constabulary is following the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) guidelines in applying the coronavirus regulations in our response to any breaches. Onlookers estimated the police in attendance outnumbered mourners by approximately three-to-one. your username. UP to 60 mourners, some swigging beer were moved on by Bedfordshire Police during the service for a woman at Dunstable Cemetery, near Luton, at around 10am yesterday. MBE NEE STEWART 14/7/1937 Evelyn passed at home on 23/10/2020 Gone to join her... 8. Parts of London became a no-go zone today as police set up a ring of steel around a traveller funeral amid fears of violence between rival families and the flouting of Covid safety laws. Last October there was widespread anger that 500 travellers attended a funeral in nearby Dunstable, Beds. A TRAVELLER gran with a staggering 95 grandchildren had her funeral surrounded by a police ring of steel to stop relatives breaching Covid rules. Witnesses described mass drinking, with even children reportedly spotted carrying boxes of Stella Artois, at the funeral of Daniel White, 32, in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire this afternoon. Luton News notices and Death Notices for Luton Bedfordshire area . From first light this morning, police began taking up positions around St Helen's church with police vehicles parking in the surrounding streets. 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A neighbour who asked not to be named said: 'It looked like the police were ready World War III. Contact The Dunstable Grapevine on Messenger. Welcome! Keep me up to date! Dunstable's MP says he is very angry at the "flagrant breach" of rules at a "traveller funeral". MORE than 100 Hertfordshire police formed a ring of steel around a traveller funeral to ensure Covid restrictions weren't breached. Log In. Set as your local news? A password will be e-mailed to you. News. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. 'It is always our intention to seek prevention first and enforcement last. Mourners at a Traveller funeral held in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim today broke through a Garda checkpoint on foot to get to a marquee they had erected in the Shannonside View estate. Forgot account? More than 100 officers were out in force around St Helen’s Catholic Church in North Watford, where rules on social gatherings meant just … It was an absolute privilege to film and photograph this funeral on behalf of this beautiful family. Password recovery . Death Notice. BRUCE Michael Robert 'Mitch' Passed away suddenly on 14th February 2021, at home, aged 71. The alarm was raised on Friday when 30 traveller vehicles were spotted gathered at a local school. Rosetta Publishing bringing you local news from your area. Bedfordshire Bulletin. February 23, 2021. In the past year we have secured over 40 years of prison sentences against sexual assault and rape offenders, including offences which date back to 1996. 5 mins read. Create New Account. MORE than 100 Hertfordshire police formed a ring of steel around a traveller funeral to ensure Covid restrictions weren’t breached.