Royal British Legion

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Remembrance poppies to be plastic free this year in major redesign

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

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NHS Highland said that a small number of the cases linked to the event at the Royal British Legion in Nairn on November 27 have now been identified as the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Omicron cases among those in 'significant outbreak' in Scotland

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UK residents have been urged to observe remembrance day from home due to the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

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""In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row". Picture: Shutterstock

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The Isle of Bute Branch of the Royal British Legion held a short service of Remembrance to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Photo by Iain Cochrane.

D-Day remembrance service held on Bute 75 years on

D-Day Veteran Joe Cattini, 95, who was in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, waves after boarding a Brittany ferry to Caen and the Normandy beaches to pay their respects to fallen comrades. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

D-Day veterans take to the seas to mark 75th anniversary of Normandy Landings

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Second World War veterans invited on Italian tours of remembrance

Rothesay War Memorial.

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The Royal British Legion, Dalkeith.

Dalkeith HMO approved above the Royal British Legion

Duns Public Park with memorial to John Duns Scotus "The Sublte Doctor" and the War Memorial.

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Dalkeith War Memorial

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Scottish poppies have four petals and no leaf, while their English counterparts have just two petals and sport a green leaf on the stem.

Blunder sees English poppies on sale in Scottish Sainsbury's stores

Royal British Legion has written FIFA an open letter about their poppy ban

Royal British Legion writes open letter to Fifa over Poppy ban

Andy Murray has backed the campign to commemorate the role played by sportsmen during the First World War.
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Andy Murray backs campaign to honour role of sportsmen in WWI

Scotland fans flock to Trafalgar Square . Picture: Phil Wilkinson

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Poppy seller Olive Cooke outside Bristol Cathedral. Picture: SWNS

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The Lady Haigs Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, where veterans with disabilities hand-assemble Scotlands poppies and wreaths. Picture: TSPL

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Sir Norman Arthur presents medals to Gulf veterans. Picture: Allan Milligan

Anger at Royal British Legion name change

Kevin Gray

Soldiers angry as ‘British’ dropped from Legion
On the eve of Remembrance Sunday, old soldiers have hit out at a name change that has seen the Royal British Legion Scotland rebranded as Legion Scotland.

A Scottish poppy sketched for Remembrance Day

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Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay and Camilla The Duchess of Rothesay at the 2005 Mey Games. Picture: Getty

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Alex Salmond announced the events during the Royal British Legion Scotland annual conference in Perth. Picture: Perthshire Picture Agency

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A clutch of tourism-related awards suggests Northern Irelands capital is now a place worth visiting. Picture: PA/NITB

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Donald Wilson: It’s important to reflect on wartime sacrifices

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Races supportPoppy appeal

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Call for council to back community covenant

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Highland war memorial to be updated

Camilla puts herself in the line of duty

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Gardens set for permanent memorial to city’s war dead

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Always more to be done, says PM

Callous thief makes off with shop’s poppy collection tin

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