Royal British Legion

Amazon employs thousands of people in Yorkshire

Amazon says it has invested £3bn in Yorkshire since 2010 - creating 6,000 jobs

Maisie Mead, 12, a Poppy Appeal collector from Plymouth, holding the new plastic-free paper poppy. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The Royal British Legion is right to move with the times - Jayne Dowle

An Armistice parade

Police respond after decision to end attendance at Remembrance Day

Remembrance services are at risk

Remembrance parades in jeopardy as police will no longer manage traffic

The 100 per cent recyclable poppy will be available for the 2023 Poppy Appeal alongside remaining stocks of the current poppy, which can be returned to Sainsbury’s stores for recycling.

Plastic-free remembrance poppy set to be released after help from Wakefield firm

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

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

A memorial for more than 1,000 babies and children buried in unmarked graves in a South Yorkshire cemetery has been unveiled. Barnsley councillors helped to fundraise for the memorial stone at the site after Richard Galliford, 71, brought the area to their attention.

Memorial for more than 1,000 babies who were buried in unmarked graves

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)

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HMS Sheffield 40th Anniversary service and parade, in Sheffield on May 1 2022

Never forgotten: The Falklands War resonates today - The Yorkshire Post Says

The steel helmets abandoned by Argentine armed forces who surrendered at Goose Green to British Falklands Task Force troops in June 1982. Picture: PA/PA Wire.

Falklands veterans are still turning to us for help 40 years on - Nicola Cook

Gareth Malone, who has teamed up with Specsavers on a hearing loss campaign. Picture: Marcus Hessenburg Photography/Specsavers/PA.

Television choir star Gareth Malone opens up on the impact of tinnitus

Dennis Woollons

Obituary: Dennis Woollons, war veteran and fund raiser

The Queen at last year's remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall.

The Queen puts duty first on Remembrance Day – The Yorkshire Post says

Should the traditional red poppy be redesigned to minimise plastic use?

Time to ban red plastic poppies after COP26 – Yorkshire Post Letters

Maria Price, who settled in Yorkshire.

Incredible story of the woman who escaped the Gestapo and settled in Yorkshire

Images from previous Remembrance Sunday services in Barnsley.

Royal British Legion rum ‘celebration’ demeans Armistice Day – Jayne Dowle

Cheryl Jones in Brinsworth. Picture: Simon Hulme.

Yorkshire veterans on why the Poppy Appeal is vital on its 100th anniversary

16 year old Salahudeen Hussain (left) with Sheffield Royal Marines Cadets detachment commander Sgt John Daley (right) at Burbage Brook, in the Peak District, near Sheffield, as the Royal British Legion poppy appeal is launched.

Poppy appeal’s poignancy and our debt to volunteers – The Yorkshire Post says

In a rare sight that showed her age, the 95-year-old monarch entered the Abbey on a walking stick.
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Queen and Princess Anne attends service to mark Royal British Legion's centenary

The Queen attends a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion.

How to celebrate Royal British Legion’s centenary of service – The Yorkshire Pos...
IT IS indicative of the Royal British Legion’s work over the last 100 years that the organisation has never been held in higher esteem by military veterans and the public alike.

June Denby

Tributes after death of 98-year-old Normandy veteran from Yorkshire

Geoffrey’s call-up papers, medical notes and telegrams home to his parents in Huddersfield were all contained in the time capsule

Time capsule left by a WW2 veteran discovered buried in garden

Soliders from Catterick Garrison. Picture: Gary Longbottom.

MPs must listen to military charities on Armed Forces Bill - Yorkshire Post says

The Royal British Legion will no longer sell poppies in the European Union due to red tape following Brexit, according to reports. PIC: PA

Royal British Legion to 'stop selling poppies in the EU due to Brexit'

Mr Long (pictured setting out on his walk) had to contend with a back injury sustained in a parachuting training exercise in 1954, as well as daily chemotherapy, while undertaking the challenge.

Fundraising paratrooper Jeffrey Long, 89, completes latest walk

Jeffrey Long has has reached the halfway milestone of a 190 mile long armed forces charity trek.

Yorkshire great-grandfather reaches halfway mark on 190-mile challenge

.Captain Sir Tom Moore, visiting the Army Foundation College, Harrogate in North Yorkshire as part of his new role as Honorary Colonel of the Northern military training establishment. Photo: James Hardisty.

How we should all honour Captain Sir Tom Moore – Jayne Dowle

Undated handout photo of Paul Goose. The ex-Army bugler who has played the Last Post outside his home every night but one since March in tribute to Covid victims is preparing for his final performance on New Year's Eve. PA Photo.

Bugler who plays Last Post for Covid victims to stop as there is no end in sight

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

Yorkshire clubs auction signed match-worn poppy shirts auctioned for charity

World War Two veteran Bill Taylor is part of this year's Royal British Legion poppy appeal.

Why every poppy counts more than ever – The Yorkshire Post says

Cheryl Johnson, 52, who has stepped up as an organiser for this year's poppy appeal in Rotherham

Meet the poppy sellers being forced to shield – and those stepping up to help

Remembrance Sunday Commemorations 2020

No remembrance Sunday event at Victoria Gardens due to Covid restrictions

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

ITV documentary The Life And Times Of Captain Sir Tom will be shown next week.

Keighley's NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to 'tell some secrets' in ITV show

Jeffrey Long is embarking on his latest fundraising challenge today. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Former paratrooper Jeffrey Long sets off on ‘most ambitious’ charity challenge y...

Denis Gregson

D-Day veteran from Leeds recalls Normandy landings ahead of VE Day 75

Former paratrooper Jeffrey Long, MBE, from Bingley is taking on his latest fundraising challenge. Picture James Hardisty

Veteran Yorkshire fundraiser gets on his bike for new challenge

A street party in Kirkstall, Leeds
VE Day (May 8, 1945)

Heroes of Second World War deserve VE Day recognition - The Yorkshire Post says

George Southern

Obituary: George Southern, war veteran and restaurateur

The stunning Indian bronze statue was revealed at Greenhead Park in Huddersfield.

Sikh statue unveiled in Yorkshire to honour soldiers

Ali Casey, having been diagnosed with bladder cancer, started planning his own funeral. He would be dead today without Macmillan Cancer Support, he says, as his mental health had dipped to such a low. Picture: Chris Etchells

Yorkshire father who ran away from hospital opens up about "severe panic" of can...

Jeffrey Long MBE has clocked up thousands of miles - and a few famous fans - by taking on extreme walking challenges over the past 12 years in aid of good causes. Credit: SWNS

Yorkshire veteran, 88, completes 88-mile walking challenge despite undergoing ch...

Planted crosses during the official opening of the 2019 Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. Picture Jacob King/PA Wire

Poppy Day support has restored my faith after appalling Apprentice comments, say...

This year's Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been launched.

Poppy appeal matters more than ever in aftermath of Armistice centenary – The Yo...

Normandy veterans Jack Mortimer (left) from Leeds and Raymond Ashby from York at the Royal British Legion in Leeds.

Veterans relive Normandy anniversary

Eric Hudson at the Bridlington War Memorial.
Picture by Paul Atkinson

Eric Hudson

Peggie Robinson

Peggie Robinson, journalist

Britain's longest-serving poppy seller, 103-year-old Rosemary Powell, with grand daughter Celia Speller, after she was presented with an MBE at her retirement home. PIC: PA

Poppy seller Rosemary Powell, 103, hails '˜wonderful' MBE honour

Your support help the charity's efforts all year round

Ad Feature Poppy Walk Leeds will help families get back on their feet

Poppy Appeal to accept old Â£1 coins this autumn

Steve Brown's "Lest We Forget" van

'Poppy Truck' will 'get support of every lorrydriver in the country'

From left to right: Glyn Sadler, Will Quarmby, Duncan Roy and Fraser Mowlem

Yorkshire military men prepare to battle the Atlantic

YP Comment: Armstice respect