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There is now at least one white poppy outlet in nearly every city and large town in Britain, as well as many smaller towns.
The Peace Pledge Union have today launched this year's remembrance campaign, saying it is a vital time for the message behind white poppies.
The BBC says presenters may this year wear white poppies in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday if they choose to do so.
A clothing company has been accused of insulting the dead by selling T-shirts and hoodies that depict a red poppy as a gunshot wound in the chest.
It's been a tough year. But whenever arms dealers and militarists have sought to wage war and increase their power, they have faced resistance.
Hundreds of people today joined an online ceremony to remember all victims of war and to make a commitment to peace.
The number of schools ordering white poppies and related materials has risen sharply in 2020, the Peace Pledge Union has reported.
A group of veterans have been waiting for a year for a response from Johnny Mercer MP, after they criticised his rant against white poppy wearers.
Faith leaders are questioning new Covid rules that change a ban on church singing to allow God Save the Queen to be sung at Remembrance events.
Wreaths of white poppy are being laid around Britain, ahead of the online Alternative Remembrance Ceremony at noon on Sunday.
