Funeral directors are urging people to follow coronavirus restrictions after mourners broke the rules on social distancing. A local funeral director, who does not want to be named, said there had recently been several instances where people had flouted Covid rules. He said he had seen mourners break the rules to embrace bereaved families after a service, and there had also been occasions where people had gathered illegally outside the funeral venue. “It’s not a general thing of people not following the rules, it’s like occasional things more than anything,” he said. “People [from different households] gathering in one house. People come out of a service and hug and kiss each other – things people know they shouldn’t be doing but feel it’s irrelevant on that day, as hard as it is.