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Crematorium set to offer webcasts

A Hampshire city crematorium is set to start offering its funerals as webcasts on the internet.

Mourners will have to pay £75 for a password to access a live broadcast of the Southampton Crematorium service.

They can also get a DVD for £50 and a sound recording will cost £25. Southampton City Council said the new service would start from 1 April.

A council spokeswoman said it would allow people who could not be there in person to still "attend" the funeral.

The filming of the service will be done with a small, discreet camera at the back of the room and it will be streamed online with a 20-second delay.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7306657.stm