We’re sure you were as equally shocked as we were to hear about this case today. Stuart Herd’s widowed father, William, remarried at 67. His son Stuart was delighted as he’d feared his father would live out the rest of his days alone, after the death of his wife, Freda, in 1986.

This may come as a bit of a surprise to some - in the latest news from Facebook they are allowing users to choose a legacy contact to take control of their account after they have passed away. According to a blog post from the social network, the site is "a place to share and connect with friends and family [and] remember and honour those we've lost"; with this in mind, the profile of a deceased loved one can become "a memorial of their life", updated and maintained by those who love them.

More and more of the over 50s are spending large proportions of their children's inheritance, the Telegraph reports. It’s always nice to be able to leave something behind for your children once you've passed on but people are now, more than ever, tempted by the idea of luxurious holidays that have been earned from years of hard work.

The cost of dying is continuing to increase at an alarming rate according to a recent report by BT and according to the Yorkshire Evening Post – the cost of dying in Leeds is actually one of the highest in the country.

Now this story certainly caught our eye – according to the Leicester Mercury, legal firm Legacy Probate Services have announced that they are to begin offering funerals and will writing services via a popular TV shopping channel based in Peterborough, called Ideal World. The Leicester-based firm will begin offering these services from April this year.

We were quite excited to discover that a number of wills – some from incredibly famous stars, were to be made available online for those interested. Apparently we weren’t the only ones and more than six million people have also used the archive to buy copies of wills in only one month.

An interesting subject seems to be trending at the moment, "silver separators”, this is when older couples are separating much later on in life and are failing to update their wills with their change of circumstance.

Every now and then we like to remind ourselves why certain rules and regulations exist, and a recent article published on the Third Sector website does just this by looking at the negative effects the practice of unregulated will writing can have on individuals and organisations alike.

We came across another story regarding inheritance tax (IHT) the other day – part of the ongoing saga of reforms that have been in the news the past few years. It has been reported that the Conservative party have made claims that they will change the laws surrounding IHT ahead of the general election in May, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has reported. Chancellor George Osborne has stated that IHT should only be paid by the rich and the thresholds for paying IHT will therefore be raised.