It was a sales these were offset by increased prices the policy the 1st in the world was designed to increase the cost of cheap high strength drinks seemed to cause the most harm and hundreds of thousands of Scots could be denied the right to vote if a snub general election is called that's a warning this morning in the wake of a major study which suggests that close to a 3rd of the entries would she be on the electoral roll are either missing or inaccurate Daryn uses a chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society what we've got here with this system of registering to vote is a very clunky out of date system in a lot of countries you can answer your question by simply going online typing a new name and you'd be told where your original to divide and make and confirm the details are correct but part of our system well you can never do is input your name the 1st time but never check it or change it or updated in an easy easy to track way and that becomes confusing Watson is no sport with I want to thank you Craig Andy Murray has beaten Cameron already at the China Open the former world number one secured victory 766761 just under 3 hours money could now play top seeds Dominic t.m. 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Stilling the m. 9. On the slip because of a breakdown junction 9 barn. On the m 19 north by and conjunction junction 9 a bridge. From Junction 12. To 14 the 5th market and the m $74.00 north and junction 2. That's b.b.c. . Weather central and southern mainly dry and bright today with spells of sunshine the afternoon. With still largely fine with temperatures around 12 Celsius but northern areas will be windy were scattered showers and sunny Belles the shores will be heavy with sleet or snow over the highest margin peaks of the b.b.c. Radio thank you very much Craig. It's a tricky one. Because. By the tabloids. The newspapers. Only want. To the public is that. Desperate to try and change the culture but I suspect. I think. So yes C. Spending too much. Drinking. Well that's the question this morning that will be considering us a Considering she's already considered. But she also wants to know what you think 8 to 95 Helen says maybe. 7 years ago I had an inkling that my husband was going to turn into a part of his shed. Had a pre-nup. And what do you think. Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon is all over we will give you the lowdown. With my youngest last night it didn't go well I have to say but a little bit later on like any other business the funeral market is changing to meet consumer demand on the way apparently or traditional religious services only 10 percent will for those I'm amazed by that what is a theme fireworks and even live streaming to keep us up to date I'm joined this morning by a humanist celebrant. Good morning holiday Good morning very well indeed director of undertakers and Dominic Good morning Dominic Good morning good morning joining me in the studio I was staggered by that only 10 percent of the traditional religious. As I really I'm staggered by Israel cable used. Because certainly that is not reflected in the volume of funerals or the breakdown in the volume of funerals which we or most other funeral directors in classical would conduct there certainly has been a market a marked increase in the number of non-religious humanists are secular if you're not but I certainly wouldn't put it at 90 percent of all that's what they say I don't know where the representative sample comes from but it's certainly not reflect labels in the city of Glasgow is it the direction of travel though do you think I certainly think it is the direction of travel personalization of funerals and celebration of life is something which as a form of farewell or goodbye is becoming increasingly prevalent the families wanting more input into the funeral the choice of music even the type of coffin for example we're getting an increased request for a colorful coffins or a coffin which something that reflects something of maybe the hobby or the lifestyle or the personality of the deceased that said you know it's a small movement it's not something which is exploded overnight I often think for example that the choice of music at funerals I have seen a big sea change since the funeral of Princess Diana where the Elton John candle in the wind after that people realized that they did not necessarily have to stick with the conventional sort of church the 23rd Psalm or 5 and 6 abide with me that they could have really whatever they wanted and so some of the examples I mean that we talked about this in the show before and there can be some fairly irreverent choices there could also be some some beautiful souls that are not headends as well as well I mean what the ones that stick in you know there are quite a few of the Robbie Williams song is quite quite popular and usually songs which are you know man. Logic and may be romantic I've often heard families choosing a song which was of great significance to the deceased and probably his or her partner. Or it's a family song or something which you know will recall the pleasant memories for the family there are also some more humorous ones you know you know great balls of fire by Jerry Lee Lewis for someone who wants to leave or one which may be true 3 years ago I conducted were at the end of the funeral everyone was asked to stand up and sing. Went to town and said goodbye to the circus you know you get things like there's an area where the Nelly the elephant every left the crematorium laughing and smiling because it reflected something of the individual in the character of the person that they gathered to say goodbye to so you're saying that perhaps you know you're a bit surprised too that only 10 percent of the. Formal funerals not your experience but it is that directs the travel is a good thing to think in your opinion is this a good stereo of travel Well I think at the end of the day we are here as funeral directors to status by people's wishes the guideline which we have similar to the guidelines for the Advertising Standards Authority provided it's legal almost decent and is still we will do it we won't do anything that's a reverent but by the c.m. Token. We're there to try and create a meaningful farewell for people so that when they leave the ceremony and when the funeral is all over and on and never chance to sit back and reflect that they think right we got that right said something about him or her there was lovely little touches which were very important to them and it could be anything as I say from the coffin even the way in which they were dressed 40 years ago most people were dressed in a shroud or some sort of burial rule today the overwhelming majority of people. Are dressed in some form of the rule on clothing it may be a bold top for example it could be in their goal fight for it but perhaps something which you know the family are used to seeing them in quite recently I know what family who the deceased would be dressed in a boiler suit because you know legal kingly said that all his life even in retirement they never seen him out of our borders that because he was always he was a mechanic during his life and retired he was always doing d.i.y. Stuff and printing and decorating and he always had a boy so the important thing is that when that family come to pay their last respects and see that person in their coffin the see someone with whom they are familiar not someone you know Elian to them dressed in a form of funeral gear which really meant nothing to them as opposed to how they this sort of. Thing is a move towards personalize ation Anna said to me that that means something to the people that are there it is we're kind of you come in and we're human as celebrants come in because people who don't have a religious faith want to have that representation Yeah absolutely fantastic points made there one big thing that I'm seeing these days is people are talking more about it. You know death even in the Western culture in some respects used to be almost a bit of a taboo talking about death you know you see suddenly during the street you ask our heroes your day to day or as a funeral or your heads day nothing you go on to another subject almost But these days a lot more people are speaking more boat if everyone's having these conversations then but it is a sad occasion isn't. At. For me that the whole the whole grief process is such a personal aspect am when some to pass' a way people might be grieving on the funeral people might not even have started grieving some people won't grieve some people will never stop grieving soul to be soul generalize to say a funeral is going to be a sod occasion. For some it will be but I always try and get again with a point was made I was trying to fair reflection of that person so if you're there at the funeral and you're hearing some amazing stories about that person who you loved you're in some amazing tales you cue in the crowd you're hearing some music that reminds you of them why wouldn't you sit back and enjoy hearing about the person that he that you loved and spent time with during your life so I mean ideally you would like to have a funeral that people enjoy It was a funny thing and one of the 1st few photos I dead in the family were coming after shaking hands with a few body and then they would come to me and say oh thank you so much I really enjoyed it and then you would see them they would check themselves think and I can't say that I can't say enjoy the funeral for meals are really cool moment because yeah you can enjoy if you know obviously it's going to be very challenging and in some respects it's going to be a very tragic circumstance that it will be a challenge to make it as positive us fun but that's what my job as and in any job as a celebrant or anyone who comes to fashion a funeral you have to reflect that person fairly f. In life they lived out amazing life then you have to make that funeral I mean is if you know of the same respects of something lived quite quiet reserved and content life then you reflect that also and what you do in the ceremony I mean is it was because challenge for you how that because in most instances of course you won't have met that person and I imagine and then you have to go in and some Lehren enough and gather enough information and soft information is supposed to be able to to represent how do you go about it Well absolutely I mean sometimes I am. Enough to have met the person and life or maybe towards the end of their life I'll get the the honor to go and sit with them and just get the Cracow of a cup of coffee or cup of tea and I would just talk about things but yes of us mature the times I don't get the opportunity so is about me rocking out to the house and that's just for my personal way of doing it I like to go dressed as I am you know I don't want a suit and tie because I think that will put people bring on a front straight away so I'll go nice in a law school and sit down and I will just talk and I don't go on going. Sorry about your loss and I don't put on this voice that some people tend to do when you're talking 3 funerals I'll just go Vox Yeah I'm all it's that they write let's let's do it I will talk about through ideas at me all through ideas at them we're always working on the funeral directors at the same time so together we just get that fair reflection always respectful always always meaningful but has to be a fair reflection of the parson and you know themes it isn't just about us it's you Domenic you know to be honest I need to change this is terrible of me exactly the source of this study that I am talking about so let me just say this is a study from another funeral directors so and this was their conclusions here and then they're talking about theme and. Life streaming even in extreme says circumstances I mean are you seeing that whole day yet the the last treatment certainly come in and more prevail in these days it's an option there for the families where there are many families actually taken up as another as another thing was more so because the way I've seen it as if you have relatives in Australia or New Zealand or America and they can't make it so they'll be given a live stream link to be able to watch the funeral and people who can't make it through ill health then again they could be given this live link many times I'll have the funeral be recorded even just on a voice recorder so then they can turn that into the m p 3 and then the same not to loved. Once because. It is these days especially with the humorous ceremonies it's like oh this is your life for most kind of thing so it's really lovely to hear and for me to be oh it's an honor for me to sit and speak and and hear stories about people from all different ways on the spectrum minutes as a real honor and I have to say one thing that occurs to me don't I and I totally or not to the fact that this is my own kind of passionate feelings a better and what's important about any few known on the ship with you and how they would say this is that the people the family and the loved ones are comfortable with that and there's going to be a range but when you have this kind of move direction of travel towards and less formality and you know more of a celebration and opening up to different kind of ways of representing the person and does that leave behind the people who actually want formality. Or not at all and that kind of experience is not a toll. When we arrange a funeral today what we have is rather than a sort of a formalized arrangement conference what we have is a conversation and b. Try to elicit from the family something about the person you also you know and this is probably just done to experience you get to New within a matter of minutes the sort of people that you're dealing with you nor if they are people who want to have a fairly conventional type funeral and you also equally learn by experience if you're sitting talking with a family who are much more along the lines of having a celebration you know what some Porton does this that the central theme of any funeral is the act of saying goodbye or farewell and that is done with all the emotion and with all the solemnity etc that's required the celebration aspect can go on afterwards when they go to have a week in a hotel or a restaurant or a pub or whatever but we're also noticing an increase in the number of different locations for funerals for example people having what's often referred to by funeral directors as an upside down and funeral in other words the committal takes place at the crematorium when maybe only immediate family are present and they would have a ceremony maybe a couple of days or a week later for example at the golf club that they are in with the ashes would be there with a photograph of the deceased and the friends would gather there and then after the ceremony is over they would disperse the ashes somewhere probably on the golf course you know we have an increasing number of funerals like that are funeral ceremonies being held in hotels or in pubs but no matter what is provided it's of relevance and it strikes Oh no but people I buy I personally have been involved in a number of. Fairly high profile funerals in the last 6 months with the Nicolaus Ury and the opportunity it was given to people who would have had some indirect sporting connection with the deceased and the opportunity was given for those people to come along to very unusual and pay their respects and then a lot of the family to have the privacy of a family service and I could not allow afterwards as all of this I mean everything you thought about years have you I have I thought about mine I happy enough I thought about it at night suppose a time goes on and you realize that you're getting closer and closer to getting a vote lined in very general terms what I want. Something that's just fairly family ish. Fairly modern and something which as I say but reflects something of the individual that I am alone a funeral director I am anything but morbid believe me and a thing but and I've long since learned that every day as important and to get as much out of every day as you possibly can any unconventional music choices are often choices something that prize anyone no not particularly you know like my mate my coffin choice might be will not surprising but I would prefer to have one of those sort of basket type things as opposed to you know the conventional style coffin and that's one of the things we see Israel k. Where the market leads to some degree is when you see soap operas and there's a funeral on them or deal or a car or some of these things and they have something on usual you can bet your bottom dollar within the next month we will probably in most funeral directors will have requests there may be the horse hairs and you'll get requests for the horse hairs there may be a cardboard coffin and you'll get requests for the cardboard coffin these things prompt people to think that things can be done differently from what they think a conventional funeral ought to be. They have you thought about it a person every time every few Where do you my kind of minds he was to change. My my last wish will be to get married to get buried in the central Murrayfield pitch . For the church my helper can't go so actually at the moment school my helper goes . Every time I speak to families I get it's incredible job I love it and I get inspired by literally every family after Sam and I do so my mind changes the whole time for yourself care of you for going to no no no I haven't I have to say I'm going to sever a few little plan here at the moment. Where you go so print your feel. Good have a good day you know what i gave us guys. Thanks very much said. If you want to hang around till 12 I'll give you my signature and how they put it in who's been a human a celebrant for 5 years and we do have some people with some ideas as Scott from shows the same Would the gentleman be happy I think is addressing this you don't need to play you get to the final cut from my favorite farewell song as my corpse is committed for commission you get the final cut absolutely not a problem if there's nothing just tears to fill about and told me from Lynn says prop me up to say that if I die but she would defeat a good laugh get a spin of my farewell party by Tina Watson so they go so that. Thanks very much a whole day and Dominic if you have saw a boat you would perish the lies I would you passed in lies your funeral who would you design it in such a way that when people walk today over where ever it was they would think yeah that was the person that I knew $8.00 to $95.00 I'm Jenny McPherson from Inverness I love to eat all sorts of crazy from the police and to be perfectly honest there is nothing I don't like the new series. The kitchen cafe people are everywhere and we really want to. Want to try a. Really vibrant food scene in Scotland enthusing people to th