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Rail strikes: RMT changes date of industrial action to avoid Royal British Legion poppy day clash

The RMT has moved the date of a planned walk-out so it does not clash with the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Day collection.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022

£1 million Poppy Day fundraiser cancelled because of rail strikes

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch "regrets and apologises for" the disruption rail strikes will cause the Royal British Legion

Wales Online · Oct 21, 2022

£1 million London Poppy Day fundraiser cancelled due to rail strikes

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal director Simon O’Leary said the day is “one of the most important days in our annual remembrance calendar”.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

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Veterans can get Royal British Legion grant of up to £2400 to help with energy bills

Royal British Legion scheme set to help the UK armed forces families who are struggling with the cost of living

Chronicle Live · Oct 19, 2022

Thousands of families can claim new £2,400 cash grant to help pay bills - who is eligible

Charity Royal British Legion is offering £200 a month to help the Armed Forces community - which includes those who have served, or are serving, in the Royal Navy, British Army or Royal Air Force

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Royal British Legion announces new grants to help pay energy bills

Over the last 12 months the charity has issued 20% more grants to help with food and basic living costs than in the previous year

Wales Online · Oct 13, 2022

Poppies for pets as fundraising range for RBL returns for fifth year

Pets at Home has launched its annual range of limited-edition poppy accessories

Wales Online · Oct 6, 2022

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'We were at sea for more than 14 hours - it was a horrendous crossing': Tributes as D-Day war veteran dies aged 98

Ken Tanner, a former Royal Marine, was among the first artillery troops to land at Normandy

Manchester Evening News · Sep 27, 2022

'We watched Queen's funeral in the pub - it was moving and felt like one big family'

As billions of people across the world tune in to watch the Queen's funeral live on television, our Mirror writers paid their respects to Her Majesty alongside fellow mourners and veterans in the pub

Daily Mirror · Sep 19, 2022

People across Renfrewshire joined the Royal British Legion in paying their respects to Queen Elizabeth II

A short service was held at the Cenotaph this morning.

Daily Record · Sep 19, 2022

Widow fears for future of pigeons as homing society faces eviction

The Hooton homing society face being turfed out at the end of the month

Liverpool Echo · Sep 5, 2022

'Reluctant hero' veteran who survived D-Day at just 19 years old dies aged 97

Tributes are being paid to Jim Healy, who was just 19 when he guided Allied landing craft onto the Normandy beaches

Manchester Evening News · Sep 1, 2022

Couple planned to sell home to get premature baby home from Turkey

Louise Crawshaw-Bowen, 37, and husband Stephen, 27, were stranded in Antalya after little Wolfe was born seven-and-a-half weeks early

Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022

'End of an era' as iconic club demolished to make way for retirement home

Developers had the original plans rejected in 2021

Liverpool Echo · Aug 1, 2022

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Liverpool Echo · Jul 29, 2022

Pigeon fanciers' anger as British Legion brings in £100 rent for birds

"It’s only the pigeons and the guys at the club that are keeping me going really, so if I lose all that, I don’t know what I’ll do”

Manchester Evening News · Jul 17, 2022

Following in the footsteps of the heroic Stockport milkman who helped bring WW2 to an end

The Cockleshell Heroes mission retraced - 80 years on

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

Man buys £150,000 first home at just 21 - using only his £13,000 salary

Max Woodvine, a Tory councillor, claims he saved £800 a month by living carefully and says others should follow his lead - but some local residents branded his comments 'disgusting'

Edinburgh Live · Jun 23, 2022

East Lothian Royal British Legion club gets early opening for football

The Royal British Legion (Ssotland) club installed Sky but was missing out on customers as some kick-offs came before it was licensed to open on Sundays

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The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Service to mark 40th anniversary of liberation of the Falkland Islands

The Royal British Legion is inviting veterans and civilians and bereaved family members to attend a service in Staffordshire.

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

Man convicted of killing fisherman outside Royal British Legion club

Draven Jewell was found guilty of the manslaughter of Max Maguire in Lymington.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Harry welcomes Colombia and Nigeria to ‘inspiring Invictus community of nations’

More nations are expected to join over time, and participation in future Invictus Games will be drawn from membership of the community.

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Help for Heroes removed from working with Prince Harry’s Invictus Games

The charity for injured army veterans, Help for Heroes, will no longer be involved in Prince Harry's Invictus Games after it was removed by the Ministry for Defence

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Jurors told to find brother not guilty of murdering fisherman outside club

Garon Jewell’s brother continues to stand trial after the death of Max Maguire, 23, outside a Royal British Legion club in Lymington, New Forest.

Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022

Wildlife filmmakers became British spies holed up in Falklands hut as Argentina invaded

Two women became accidental spies when Argentinian forces landed on South Georgia island. Weeks of sending coded messages to British naval ships led to their rescue.

Belfast Live · May 3, 2022

Moy cenotaph vandalised in 'particularly nasty' attack

Sinn Fein councillor Dominic Molloy branded the actions of those responsible as “disgraceful”

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