A number of road closures will be in place in Newport this weekend for the city's Remembrance Sunday parade. Newport’ s annual Remembrance parade and service will take place on Sunday, November 13 in the city centre.
The Newport Stedfast Band will lead the parade which will leave High Street at 10.35am and make its way to the Cenotaph at Clarence Place. The City of Newport Male Choir will also attend at the cenotaph along with the Newport Borough Brass Band.
The service, led by the Bishop of Monmouth Cherry Vann, will take place at 10.58am with the guns sounding at 11am to mark a two minute silence. Remembrance Day is celebrated on Friday, November 11 paying tribute to all those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and those who have defended the country in the past and at present.
