A giant poppy display in a Hampshire town was targeted by vandals over the weekend, the local council has said. The Remembrance Day poppy installation decorated a bandstand in Eastleigh in memory ...

Events and services take place around Armistice Day - 11 November - as well as Remembrance Sunday, and the poppy is a frequent ... in recent years. A vast display of almost 900,000 ceramic poppies ...

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars? Scarlet corn ...