Royal British Legion

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Poppyscotland's new 100 per cent paper poppy

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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Work has been undertaken at St. Peter's Cemetery by local granite specialist Duncan Ross.

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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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The rare 2p coin

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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

Historic bonds of spurs night put seal on new friendships

Second World War veterans invited on Italian tours of remembrance

Rothesay War Memorial.

Plea for additional Rothesay War Memorial names

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.

A '˜Centenary Field' for Duns

Dalkeith War Memorial

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Call goes out to Falkirk veterans to be there for fallen comrade with no family

Britain's longest serving poppy seller Rosemary Powell dies at 103

Simone Evans converted her Ford Galaxy into a polling station in Buckie. Picture: SWNS

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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.
Picture: Contributed

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

Struggles of Scotland’s veterans highlighted

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

Anger at Royal British Legion name change

Kevin Gray