Cilla Black's family have blasted "ghoulish" fans who crashed her private burial.

“Ta-ra girl, I’ll see you on life’s highway,” comedian Paul O’Grady said, thanking Cilla Black for all the good times they shared as he said goodbye to the much-loved singer and TV presenter at her funeral.

Cilla Black was “thrilled and excited” about a planned West End musical based on her life, her agent has said.

A plot to burgle the Buckinghamshire home of entertainer Cilla Black during her funeral has been foiled.