A celebrant was left in tears after being told by a local council that she was breaking Covid rules by allowing a grieving family to recite the Lord's Prayer at a funeral service.
Alison Davies, 53, from Bridgend in south Wales, was reprimanded after conducting the funeral of a 94-year-old grandmother at Coychurch Crematorium.
The grandmother's family had asked that Mrs Davies end the service with the Lord's Prayer but as the proceedings were ending, a local council official approached her to tell her she had broken Welsh government guidelines around 'chanting'.
Mrs Davies says she was told in front of mourners, "You can't do that."...