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

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

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War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK

Wreaths lay at the foot of the Cenotaph after the Remembrance Day (getty images)

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Burnley's Peace Garden laid out in preparation

Poignant preparation of Burnley's Peace Garden

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BURNLEY, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A general view of Turf Moor ahead of kickoff during the Sky Bet Championship match between Burnley and Luton Town at Turf Moor on August 06, 2022 in Burnley, England. (Photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images)

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Chairman of the Royal British Legion in Burnley Billy Allott is disgusted by the time change of the Burnley v Blackburn Rovers fixture which means that it will now clash with the annual Remembrance Service. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

'Disgust' over Remembrance Sunday football fixture

Ken Neild was a devoted worker for the Burnley and Padiham branch of he Royal British Legion

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Feeling on top of this world ...Whalley's Isabella Brannigan

Whalley schoolgirl (nine) climbs Britain's highest peaks raising over £1,200 in ...

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham will be lighting the bonfire at Hapton on Saturday night

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Carl Ross who is standard bearer for Whalley and District Legion is urging people to support this worthwhile cause

Whalley and District branch of Royal British Legion under threat of closure due ...

Second World War veteran Jim Bates with his family (from left to right) daughter Daphne and her husband Peter, Jim's sons Peter and Paul and Paul's wife Anne.

Tributes to decorated Padiham war veteran and Legion stalwart (99)

Veterans watch the official opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France via a live feed during a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire

Normandy veterans gather to mark 77th D-Day anniversary and memorial opening

Considerate youngster Isabella Brannigan

Whalley schoolgirl (8) takes on mammoth 100-mile bike ride for veterans

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Burnley poppy shirt auction raises nearly £6,000 for Royal British Legion

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The Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. Jonathan Carmyllie, with members of the Royal British Legion, NHS MerseyCare and Whalley Parish Council.

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Burnley gathers to mark Remembrance Sunday

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Pictured with one of the Burnley Bus Company’s buses displaying its own poppy are (from left to right) Royal British Legion Burnley and Padiham branch standard bearer Richard Fletcher; Burnley Poppy Appeal organiser Frank Gallagher; Padiham Poppy Appeal organiser and Mayor of Padiham Vince Pridden; and branch Chairman Billy Allott

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Poppy appeal organiser Frank Gallagher with Tesco community champion Billie-Jean Horne at the poppy stall

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Householders in Clitheroe are encouraged to display this poster as a tribute to the Fallen

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The Remembrance Sunday parade makes its way through Burnley town centre

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This beautiful painted poppy rock is one of 30 that has been hidden around the Ightenhill area of Burnley for residents to find by artist Tracey Smith

Call for Burnley and Padiham residents to support annual poppy appeal in countdo...

Bella and Ben have been busy painting poppies for their windows

Photos by Neil Cross

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Asda Colne store official opening after refurbishment. Pictured from the left are: Diane Springthorpe, Community Life Champion, the Mayor and Mayoress of Pendle,  Deputy store manager Billie and  Andrew Stephenson

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Peter Webster from the charity Veterans in the Community, plays the Last Post at the service to commemorate the new war memorial outside St Peter's Church, Simonstone.

Simonstone war heroes finally honoured

Burnley Peace Garden minutes silence in remembrance

Burnley remembers The Fallen

Photo: David Hurst WW1 commemorative service held at the Brierfield Cenotaph. Prayers at the cenotaph

Pendle honours its First World War dead

We need action, not words, after budget

field of remembrance. Photo: Cathal McNaughton/PA

Royal British Legion has big plans for 2014

Photo: Cathal McNaughton/PA

The future of the Royal British Legion

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Support for our veterans is vital

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