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Funeral Notices Christmas Deadlines & Opening Hours 2024

by Vicki Barlow
Published 10/12/2024
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Christmas is almost upon us. Hopefully, you won't be too busy and can enjoy some time with family and friends. With Christmas comes a change to our publishing deadlines, so we have created a Christmas deadline guide for you to download and keep handy.

Christmas Deadlines - Daily Newspapers

Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year, and the following titles will not be published on this day:

Birmingham Mail
Bristol Post
Burton Mail
Cambridge News
Coventry Telegraph
Daily Post
Daily Record
Derby Telegraph
Grimsby Telegraph
Huddersfield Examiner
Hull Daily Mail
Leicester Mercury
Liverpool Echo
Manchester Evening News (MEN)
Newcastle Chronicle
Newcastle Journal
Nottingham Post
Paisley Daily Express
Plymouth Herald
South Wales Echo
South Wales Eve Post
Stoke Sentinel
Teesside Gazette
Western Daily Press
Western Mail
Western Morning News

The deadline for all our Boxing Day newspapers is 13:30 on Thursday, 24th December.

The Paisley Daily Express will not be published on Boxing Day or New Year's Day.

All deadlines return to normal from Friday 3rd January 2024.

Christmas Deadlines - Weekly Newspapers

The West London Gazette will not be published on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. All other weekly publications will be published as normal with amended deadlines. Please check the document below to confirm your local title.

All deadlines after Friday, 3rd January, are as normal.

Christmas Opening Hours

Our booking site is open 24/7 and may be accessed here. You will have the option to book notices to be published online immediately.

We are closed from Wednesday, December 25th, to Thursday, December 26th. We will return to answer the telephone, respond to email and live chat enquiries, and book and check notices from 9 a.m. Friday, December 27th. We will then be closed for the weekend as usual.

We are closed on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, returning at 9am on Thursday, 2nd January 2025.

If you send us an email to request notice, we will respond as soon as we can. The deadline document details our opening hours, so please take a moment to familiarise yourselves with them.

A reminder of our contact details: telephone 03444 060276 | email fdteam@funeral-notices.co.uk

Christmas Memorial Wall 2024

Our Memorial Wall for 2024 allows people to pay tribute to loved ones this Christmas.

This might be a free resource you want to share with your families. You can visit the Memorial Wall here.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The team here at Funeral Notices would like to thank you for everything you continue to do, often underappreciated and out of the spotlight. We wish you a very merry Christmas and hope you all get to spend time with family and friends.

From our team to each and every one of you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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