Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock was invited to the funeral, but his office said he will not be present as he had a previous commitment to attend the funeral of a former local councillor in his old south Wales constituency.

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Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock was also invited to the funeral, but his office said he will not be present as he had a previous commitment to attend the funeral of a former local councillor in his old south Wales constituency.

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If you have a funeral to attend, you need to have Friday off and you are deemed to have a funeral when the dead person is a parent, a sibling, a child, a spouse or partner, an in-law, a grand-parent, a cousin, an aunt, an uncle, a friend, a classmate, a nephew, a niece, a boss, someone you go to church with, a workmate, a neighbour and of course, a president.

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An online plea for mourners to attend a former serviceman's funeral has received a "marvellous" response.

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Enid Hagon's immediate family came a long way, they travelled from Birmingham and Botswana, to attend their mother's funeral in Usk.

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He said than when he traveled to Washington to attend Mr. Stevens's funeral, he was pulled aside by an assistant secretary who delivered a "blistering critique" of his management style.

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