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The Latest Breaking News from the Royal British Legion

D-Day Hero Honored On 100th Birthday

Veteran Jack Mortimer receives guard of honor for his bravery in storming Nazi-occupied beaches

Zenger

Serving and veteran Team UK competitors depart for Germany for Invictus Games

This year’s competition is the sixth and will see 550 competitors from 21 countries take part.

The Independent UK

Ross Kemp says volunteers for poppy appeal are needed this year ‘more than ever’

The former EastEnders actor has links to the army, including a grandfather called Sydney ‘Dick’ Jordan who served in the Second World War.

The Independent UK

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Huge rise in soldiers seeking mental health support as cost of living crisis blamed

The annual Ministry of Defence report found almost 21,000 went to their GP or the armed forces last year with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other psychological issues

Daily Mirror

Struggling veterans can get £1,200 help towards their energy bills

Royal British Legion is encouraging veterans and their families to apply for the money, which does not have to be paid back

Chronicle Live

15 tributes, death and funeral notices from across Nottinghamshire

Our thoughts are with the friends and family affected

Nottingham Post

Hero soldier blown up by suicide bomb on first day of active service in miracle recovery

Dave Curtis will proudly represent Britain with other injured soldiers upcoming event, and credits it with helping him cope with devastating wounds he suffered in blast

Daily Mirror

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When is D-Day and what were the Normandy landings?

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings

Evening Standard

A footballer, bricklayers, Teddy Boys - memories of National Service 60 years on

The Royal British Legion is organising an event at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark the sacrifices of the National Service generation

Daily Mirror

Tributes paid to proud Welshman who was the most senior chaplain in the Royal Navy

The Venerable Martyn Gough hailed from Aberdare and went on to play a key role for the Navy for more than 25 years

Wales Online

King Charles' telling 'anxious fiddling gesture' as he's spotted ahead of Coronation

The King will be crowned at Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury during a coronation ceremony dating back centuries - and he was spotted on his way into Buckingham Palace

Daily Mirror

British Legion tells PM: Help Afghan war heroes who helped us

The charity, which represents 180,000 British veterans, commends The Independent’s campaign to stop deportation of Afghan pilot

The Independent UK

WW2 veteran with no surviving relatives celebrates 105th birthday with 3,000 cards

A charity appeal saw thousands of strangers send Ernest Horsfall birthday wishes

Wales Online

Plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies partly made from discarded coffee cups

The poppy will be plastic free and made of recyclable paper for the first time since it was introduced 102 years ago

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Remembrance poppies to be made entirely from paper in future

Royal British Legion’s new poppy has 40% smaller carbon footprint and will be recyclable in household waste collections

Belfast Live

Alliance stops unionist drive to increase union flag flying in Ards and North Down

Alliance has a successful "call-in" against proposal to extend flag flybing at civis buildings and war memorials

Daily Record

Ayrshire care workers set for West Highland Way walk in memory of Rangers-daft colleague

Eight colleagues will honour their pal Shona McKinlay by taking on the near 100 mile trek in her memory, aiming to raise thousands for Poppy Scotland and the Royal British Legion

Wales Online

Plea for public to send birthday cards to WW2 veteran who has no relatives when he turns 105

Ernest Horsfall turns 105 next month and the Royal British Legion has called for people to send him birthday cards

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Manchester Evening News

"My mum was very unhappy about me signing up... but I knew Hitler was evil": Tributes to D-Day veteran who has died aged 97

Dougie Farrington went on to be shot in the leg and crawled into a pigsty to await rescue

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