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UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left โ€˜on racksโ€™

A British funeral director faced prison on Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left โ€œstored on racksโ€ and uncremated while relatives were handed other peopleโ€™s ashes, sparking calls for better regulation of the industry. An ex-employee described Robert Bushโ€™s funeral parlour as a โ€œhorror sceneโ€, prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a five-day sentencing hearing. Police who searched his premises after a tip-off found 31 bodies in a cold storage area that should have been cremated months...