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A Rochdale funeral services has issued a plea for respect after drivers repeatedly push in on their funeral corteges.

Ian Leary has been at the helm of Middleton's Funeral Services, with business partner Deano Shaw, for the past six years.

And in recent months, he said impatient motorists have been making their job - and the lives of grieving families - a nightmare.

Some cars, he complained, even budge in between a hearse and limousines in a desperate bid to get to their destination quicker, adding that he has even seen this happen with funerals involving horses.

He took to Facebook yesterday (October 22) to ask the public for more consideration when they come across funeral processions out on the roads.

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