YORK Crematorium is holding an annual open day and memorial service on Sunday, at 12.30pm in the Crematorium Chapel.

The 10th anniversary service and will be conducted by the Crematorium Chaplain Fr. Allan Hughes.

The 30-minute service of hymns, prayers and a short eulogy, will give people the chance to remember their loved ones by having their names read out.

Afterwards anyone who wishes can write the names of those remembered on a card which is then attached to a helium balloon and released into the air after a very short outdoor blessing.