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Denis and Barbara Scaife at Preston train station yesterday

Thousand of miles - and thousands of pounds - for Poppy Express pair

Police have released images of a man they want to speak to into an investigation into criminal damage at the Royal British Legion monument in Accrington.

Images of man police want to speak to over crosses damage

NFU member and Lancashire farmer Kevin Wareing

Lancashire farm helps raise funds for Poppy Appeal through pumpkin picking fun

Limited-edition poppy pint glasses designed by Colin Waite

Get your hands on a limited-edition poppy pint glass in 31 pubs in Lancashire

Communities across Lancashire are invited to join Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day services

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day services across Lancashire 2025

Blackpool Tower will be among hundreds of landmarks across the country lit up to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan

Blackpool Tower to light up for 80th Anniversary of VJ Day

Anchor’s Eric Morecambe House care home awarded for continued commitment to veteran care

Morecambe care home awarded for continued commitment to veteran care

BG - SGB-6874 - A lamppost poppy for Remembrance Day at a Barratt and David Wilson Homes development

Homebuilder honours Remembrance Day in Lancashire

Ian McGuinness will introduce the Accrington Pals documentary at the Wham Stadium on Remembrance Sunday

Special Accrington Pals documentary to be shown on Remembrance Sunday

Leighton Hall Motorcycle Hill Climb

Excitement revving for Leighton motorcycle hill climb

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Burscough’s Royal British Legion branch receives donation from homebuilder

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Fish and chips.

Watch: National Fish and Chip Day’s fascinating connection to D-Day

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe.

Watch: D-Day hero reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe

Veterans with the Royal British Legion on D-Day 75

Royal British Legion rallying the public 80 days ahead of anniversary of D-Day

I’ve lost both my legs, but now I want to compete in the Paralympics!
Losing both of his legs has not stopped this man from chasing his sporting dreams.
Sam Quine

Ernest Horsfall passed away at a residential home in Preston on February 20

Funeral held for WW2 veteran Ernest Horsfall who died aged 105

Image of Chief Executive Chris Oliver holding poppy wreath with Joanna Stark on the left, Delivery Director, Chris in the middle, Amy Devine, Associate Director of Operations in the Pennine network and Lesley Davison, Lead Engagement Officer

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS are honouring all veterans

Left: former soldier 73-year-old John Shipman. Right: Pride of Britain nominee 100-year-old Violet Fortt.

War veteran and volunteer urge people to wear their poppies with pride

105th birthday of veteran Ernest Horsfall at Blackpool Airport

"Amazied: WW2 veteran receives 4,000 cards and a fly-past to mark 105th birthday

Age UK Lancashire

Connecting Veterans: Age UK project helping Lancashire’s 50,000 veterans

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

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

Staff Sergeant Ernest Horsfall

Help Ernest celebrate his 105th birthday in style

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)

What you need to know about Remembrance Day

UK November train strikes: When are the next RMT strikes and how will industrial action impact Sunderland and the Metro? (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Network Rail November rail strikes - new dates

The opening of Southport Veterans Hub

New Southport Veterans Hub has been officially opened by the Royal British Legio...
The brand new Southport Veterans Hub has now been officially opened, on a “monumental day for Southport”.
Nicola Adam

The triumphant rowers.

How long did it take a Chorley woman and friends to row the Atlantic?

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

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

Leyland's famous Centurion Tank on a roundabout near the town has a carpet of poppies to honour our war heroes.

Lancashire red rose becomes the red poppy for remembrance

A view of the new British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer in France. (Photo by PA/ Stephane Mahe)

D-Day 2021: Preston veterans mark 77th anniversary of Normandy Landings as Briti...

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

Poppy merchandise bought on Amazon or eBay may not be helping charity - how to c...

Here’s how to download and print a poppy poster for your window this Remembrance...

How to join in on a doorstep two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday - and othe...

Why red poppies are worn for Remembrance season - and what the alternative colou...

This is why some people wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day: the history of the Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion

Poppies for FCAT schools

Blackpool schools will mark Remembrance Day despite Covid restrictions

Mayor of Preston Coun David Borrow lays a wreath at the city's War Memorial.

Remembrance Sunday services may be off, but Preston vows not to forget the falle...

Money is being raised for the Royal British Legion and the club

Leyland football coaches roll up with new fundraising idea for the Royal British...

Last year's Remembrance parade and service in Preston

Lancashire set to remember the fallen with virtual Remembrance Sunday services

Bella and Ben have been busy painting poppies for their windows

Photos by Neil Cross

Head sends out SOS to get Lancashire schoolchildren to help save the Poppy App...

Here’s how to support Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal this year

Coronavirus restrictions will impact Remembrance Day services - what you need to...

The Lostock Hall community celebrated its war heroes with a small, socially distanced service.

Lostock Hall community honours war heroes to mark 75 years since VJ Day

We are all being encouraged to get the flags out in honour of the heroes of WW2.

How to celebrate VE-Day 75 and not break lockdown rules

Jayden Stockley and Tom Barkhuizen celebrate Preston's first goal against Huddersfield

Auction of Preston North End's poppy shirts raise more than £4,400 for Royal Bri...

Jayden Stockley and Tom Barkhuizen celebrate Preston's first goal against Huddersfield

Auction of Preston North End's poppy shirts raise more than £4,400 for Royal Bri...

Staff at Co-op Bamber Bridge Funeral Care in Station Road raised a fantastic 212.42 for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal at an open event marking Remembrance Day.

Bamber Bridge business honours bravery of town's war heroes at Remembrance event

Ernest is given a guard of honour

Surprise guard of honour at Preston Railway Station for 101-year-old veteran Er...

Even the white poppy, designed as a symbol of peace, has come under fire in recent times. Picture: Shutterstock

When is Remembrance Day 2019, what does it commemorate and why do people wear po...

Alan Hughes with his guide dog Mandy

Here is how Coppull dad Alan overcomes being both blind and deaf, with the suppo...

Commander Russ Miller pins a poppy on veteran Jim Allen. Pic: Paul Yates

Launch of Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in Lancashire

Army veteran Anthony Cooper from Chorley is competing in the Team UK Invictus Games Trials this week

Invictus and Paralympic dreams for Chorley army veteran who was told he would ne...

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