, charlie brown, chairman of the royal british legion women's section, patricia grimes, the deputy the former chief of the general staff, general david richards, and the national chairman of the royal naval association, keith ridley. and pauline cotton, representing transport for london. and that is the ending of the formal wreath laying. of course, it's to be followed by the veterans of war in their hundreds and thousands, who have come down to lay wreaths here to pay their tribute as they march past. we talked to three of those who are going to be marching today about why they march. and what they will be thinking of. one from world war ii, one from the falklands conflict, one from our operations in afghanistan. marching past the cenotaph is very important to remember those that didn't come back from war. they gave their lives for us. this year will be the very first time that i'll be able to walk past the cenotaph, so, for me, this will be a very proud moment. we don't have to say, "where were you in burma?" all you have to say, "77th brigade" and everyone knows where you were.

so none of the money goes to the royal british legion. the make poppies and there are a lot around, and do you remember live aid, you are too young! feed the world, in 1984, then, there were counterfeiting the feed the world t—shirts and this was millions of people dying in a famine, you would think how low can these people stoop? so now they are trying to stoop? so now they are trying to stoop low with fake poppies now. stoop? so now they are trying to stoop low with fake poppies nowm is really a conknow? well, it is if they are purporting to be selling them for the forces and that is the suggestion. there is not very much copying... i am sure there is a fine line between using it as a no mow teach for peace and fringing the intellectual property of the royal british liam. it may not be the poppies we wear on the lapels but brooches. and that has kind of multiplied, the official poppies, the royal british legion, they have gone out, you can get beautiful little ceramics and ways of commemorating. this is the star saying the rip off poppi

proudly displaying its own poppy on the banner, it looks like an illustration of an authentic royal british legiont up my watchdog street. for viewers with longer memories. anyone born after 1912, i did ten years of that and i did lots of stories about counterfeits done by cruel conmen ripping off the "feed the world" t—shirts. ripping off the "feed the world" t-shirts. in 1984. yes. it was people dying by the million being ripped off. this time manchester trading standards have found a load of poppies which are purporting to raise money for the british legion. that is the con. it is not that you can't sell poppy that is different. it is just the idea that ones we are wearing this evening, the idea that you might give money thinking money is going to help service people.|j have brought in a prop, buy official ones. if you have one of those around your neck, it is all right. the conmen have things like "lest we forget, these were made from animal, so forget, these were made from animal, so just buy it from a source where you can make sure you won't make someone you can make sure you won't make some

the royal british legion says the poppy is a symbol of hope and remembrance.ncluding high profile footballers getting death threats for not wearing it? isn't it up to indiviudals whether they wear one or not? why do you wear or choose not to wear a poppy? and we'll talk about this, a baby's cot with a built—in ipad. the dad who created it says it's to help his daughter get to sleep by playing her white noise. we'll talk to the company behind the cot. tell us what you think of this invention. and on twitter: jasmine says: i don't believe we should post any photographs of our children. and this tweet: i asked my son if i can post any photos to any social media platform and if he says no, i respect that. we really want your views on this this morning, especially if you post images of your own children. if you would like to ta ke your own children. if you would like to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message and if you are texting your message and if you are texting you will be charged at the standard network rate. we can talk

really addressed when it comes to a football player not wanting to wear the british legion puppy well i mean the whole basis for the poppy originally was put forward from a poem in which the implication was that if you don't continue fighting then you are in bad faith of the people that died and lady hate who is the wife of one of the disgraced figures in the british military because of his sub par performance during world war one frankly she she was the person she was the person that came up with the idea of using the poppy to guarantee national unity at a time when britain was considered to be right with revolution in fairness to the people they have removed the hague from the black bit inside the poppy and yeah arguably to distance themselves from. you know on the issue of the british legion their president was in two thousand and twelve investigated by the sunday times and was forced to step down because it came out that he'd offered his services as an arms lobbyist to people he believed to be arms dealers from korea you know you have be a systems involved in the poppy ball previo

my father, he went into the first world war putting his age at —— the british legion.man. he should not have gone into the army but he volunteered when they needed volunteers in those days because they were really desperate for soldiers. such was the dedication, catherine, of those who wa nted dedication, catherine, of those who wanted to serve their country and fight in this war, so important today we commemorate them. tell me about what you are holding, these poppies. these are original poppies created in 1918 before the existence of the royal british legion and they are original poppies from the first poppy are original poppies from the first poppy appeal. they are material and handmade, but utterly beautiful. just an enormous tribute along with all of the other commemorations today, marking the centenary and all of the service and sacrifice of a whole generation. i think the nation coming to dinner that today will be incredibly powerful and special. —— coming together today. how important is it to you, kathleen, that the war and those who served in the wars past ar

the royal british legion's factories make over 4 million ioppies every year, part of a remembrance tradwhichalways focused on the armistice. >> remembrance gives us an opportunity for stilln a very, very busy world, and they -- that need to come together and the national uni we can collectively have from that is very powerful. robert: that sense of national grief was first expresd at the newly constructed building two years after the armistice. ex-servicemen, widows, friends, unified by losses in every town, cityand village. flowers and tears millions who died.e the last of rvivors have esw left us. as world war i recurther into distant history, how should we keep remembrance alive? i>> what you have got the your engineer store. let's keep on going back. reporter: this histoan believes practical experience can help us understandhy we should remember. he has reconstructed a section of the trenches here in kent to illustrate life in the front. his young visitors were united in their enthusiasm for the project, but divided on how remembrance should look in the future. >> you need to express it

help for heroes you have mentioned, the royal british legion, the many groups there are for you.eve that is 110w armed forces, do you believe that is now getting the priority it should? it isa now getting the priority it should? it is a lot better than it was, and is they are trying to catch up. hopefully, people like myself doing things like this might highlight the issue, even at my age, people are struggling. they must come forward and seek help. it's very good of you tojoin us on and seek help. it's very good of you to join us on this and seek help. it's very good of you tojoin us on this important and seek help. it's very good of you to join us on this important day. and seek help. it's very good of you tojoin us on this important day. i know for you and all veterans who have turned up to the cenotaph. thank you very much. robert duncan. in a unique memorial to those who lost their lives, portraits of servicemen and women have been etched into the sand on beaches around the uk. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports from folkestone in kent — which has paid tribute to one

and a special british legion poppy to remember the 750,000 indian soldiers killed in world war i.ng up on bbc news, formula 1 comes to vietnam. a test century on debut for ben foakes with a lead of 177 for england on the second day of the test. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the first big test of donald trump's presidency, his republican party have had a mixed night in america's mid term elections. they've lost control of the lower chamber of congress, the house of representatives. that means the democrats can now try to frustrate mr trump's agenda. but the republicans have strengthened their hold on the senate. so let's have a closer look now at the results. all 435 seats in the house of representatives were contested. some results are still being counted, but democrats in blue have gained 27 seats, meaning they take control, while the republicans in red have lost the same number. it's a different story in the senate, the upper chamber, where just over a third of seats were up for grabs. here the democrats have lost ground, two seats down. so the republican

memory all sight for the british what you see next to me is a field of poppy flowerless the royal british legion has asked supporters to send in messages and to write them on artificial of poppies and to plant them here on top of this memorial arjun. took a look at a number of those messages most of them sending the message never forget what happened here in eat or eat or was the main gateway for three hundred thousand british soldiers who lost their lives here fifty thousand of those never found they have no grave but the name is engraved in this memorial building which you see behind me again you and i were talking earlier today about the the focus and the the locus of remembering and commemorations it really is different it varies based on who you're talking to if you're talking with a frenchman or if you're talking with someone from the u.k. we know that a prison is traditionally been where britain commemorates its soldiers who fought and died in world war one tells a little bit more about that. that's right brant i mean what you have here since one thousand nine hundred twenty eight is ever

the royal british legion factories make over 4 million copies every year.sy world. i think that that needs to come together and the national unity that we can collectively have from that is very powerful. that sense of national grief was first expressed at the newly constructed memorial after the armistice. ex—servicemen, widows and friends unified by losses in every town, city and village. flowers and tears for him millions who died. the last of the survivors have now left us. so as world war i receives further into distant history how should we keep remembrance alive? so you've got there your engineer. let's keep going back. as historian believes practical experience can help us understand why we should remember. he has reconstructed a section of the trenches here to illustrate life at the front. his own visitors were united in their enthusiasm for the project but divided on how remembrance should look in the future. you need to express the mortgages cannot the delay in the history books at a library. you need to bring it to the school and had assemblies

like to also congratulate the role of british legion for the effort in recognizing this contributionwith the special cardy poppy on right -- honor their sacrifice and i will certainly be interested in wearing it at some stage over the top of the lead up to armistice day. just as i'm pleased to the a ceramic poppy today. the honorable light from the front bench opposite says she is wearing both and i'm very pleased to see that and also like to send very pleased to where the ceramic poppy today that a see a number of honorable members are wearing which were created by a school in a northwest, st. vincent indeed, and it is very important i think at this time that we all recognize and younger generations understand the immense sacrifice that was made for their freedom. >> hear, hear. >> mr. speaker, what does the prime minister say to a local primary school is written in desperation as a struggling took over the basic pay the budget is cut and can only be spent on little extras. the chancellor said schools -- maintain hours cannot buy a new whiteboard or laptop. from what used as a white

for ordinary people for want of a better phrase, it was designed by the government by the royal british legionive members of the public chance to pay their respects, to be able to do something out of the ordinary that they would not be able to do because this year is such a special remembrance. it has been created specifically for people who would not necessarily have a chance to be involved today, people have come from northumberland and scotland, across all sorts of areas to come here today, it is a very special pa rt here today, it is a very special part of their own personal remembrance and it is interesting looking what they are working with, you see people wearing cards around their necks with the names of people they have lost on them. some holding photographs, others have made these handmade reed of paper, and flowers of having cut from their garden with names of people they have lost on them so there is something incredibly personal about this particular match. we are used to so much pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembrance sunday, and this is something very different. it is

the royal british legion's factories make over 4 million poppies every year, part of a remembrance traditionan collectively have from that, is very powerful. that sense of national grief was first expressed at the newly constructed cenotaph two years after the armistice. ex—servicemen, widows, friends, unified by losses, in every town, city and village. flowers and tears for millions who had died. the last of the survivors have now left us, so as world war i recedes further into distant history, how should we keep remembrance alive? so what you've got there then is your engineer's store. historian andy robertshaw believes practical experience can help us understand why we should remember. he has reconstructed a section of the trenches here in kent to illustrate life at the front. his young visitors were united in their enthusiasm for the project, but divided on how remembrance should look in the future. you need to express it more. you can't just, like, let it lay in the history books at the library. you need to bring it to the school, and maybe have assemblies on it. i don't feel we should

now, to mark the armistice centenary, he's teamed up with the royal british legion to write a new bookld. before we speak to michael, let's hear an extract from it. my my name is martin merkel, i live on a farm my name is martin merkel, i live on afarm in my name is martin merkel, i live on a farm in flanders with my mother and my grandfather. all around is the battlefield of the first world war, which ended a long time ago in 1918. you wouldn't know it was a battlefield now. the trenches ran right through our farm, where the cows 110w right through our farm, where the cows now graze was right through our farm, where the cows now graze was no man's right through our farm, where the cows now graze was no man's land. poppies grow here in their millions, so poppies grow here in their millions, so thick sometimes that in the wheatfield in the valley you can barely see the wheat from the poppies. it is very quiet here, you would only know there had ever been award here from the secretaries and memorials. most of my friends hardly notice the cemeteries because they are always there. part of

the royal british legion's factories make overfour million poppies every year, part of a remembrances focused on the armistice. remembrance gives us an opportunity for stillness in a very, very busy world. and i think that that need to come together, and the national unity that we can collectively have from that, is very powerful. that sense of national grief was first expressed at the newly—constructed cenotaph two years after the armistice. ex—servicemen, widows, friends, unified by losses in every town, city and village. flowers and tears for millions who'd died. the last of the survivors have now left us. so, as world war i recedes further into distant history, how should we keep remembrance alive? so what you've got there then is your engineer's store, 0k? let's keep on going back. historian andy robertshaw believes practical experience can help us understand why we should remember. he's reconstructed a section of the trenches here in kent to illustrate life at the front. his young visitors were united in their enthusiasm for the project, but divided on how remembrance should lo

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the french government said in 2014 it would award the legion d'honneur to all british veterans involvedt today's ceremony at the french ambassadors this is one of those ceremonies that was just a this is one of those ceremonies that wasjust a joy to this is one of those ceremonies that was just a joy to watch. five british veterans all in their 90s sitting straight backed as they received the medal from the french ambassador here a husband residence in west london. among these was ruth born, she was the first to get the award today, she is 92 now but as an 18—year—old she was working as a cod breaker at bletchley park, she told me what it was like to receive france's highest honour. it is an amazing experience, something i had totally unexpected. very privileged totally unexpected. very privileged to be here today. representing in a way all the other girls, women, who did what i did. more than 5,000 british veterans have been through ceremonies like this as various places round the country, that is the vast majority of those veterans who are eligible to receive it, because they served i

legion. second, push identity even further. i like the idea of intersectionality. we are a bunch of different identities competing. let's keep adding on the identities. i'm gay. ok. i'm british. i'm also american. i grew up in a small town. i live in a big city. 'm a catholic. i like watching "south park." they are all parts of my identity that i can add to the picture until it is fully complex. when you do that for every single person, you find verybody's intersectionality is unique and you end up with individualism. thirdly and lastly, we need to have a positive vision of diversity. it is really hard in this kind of dynamic to respond and to ask the question -- to respond to the question about inequality by saying, well, you are not really oppressed. that's what heather was really saying. the difficulty is, how do you say that to a person of color who says, well, yes, i am. i'm not asking. i'm just saying, that's a dilemma. my view is you have to celebrate the success of minority groups, to champion members of minority groups and women who are succeeding and flourishing in america, to retell the story of progress of the different identity groups in america, to see how, for

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british cordon from the mediterranean to iraq. so mark from your knowledge of the other question. where would you say that a legion slot is between us and the french i mean. practically all arabs approach. not exactly empty french but frightened of financial exploitation and they are frightened of french colonial methods. but there are many christians in syria in the limit and in particular how do they fit the christians or is afraid at the bottom of their hearts as the muslims and only in syria at training center is present everywhere because they know what the french do that feeling pretty well runs all through. there is the french nationalist party which is sentimental still harking back to the crusades. so science returned and as the currents of the started to come together he was called into downing street at the end of the year on the sixteenth of december nine hundred fifty and then. he must've gone with a map as well because he got into the the meeting with the cabinet the prime minister and his chief ministers sitting around the cabinet table in downing street i believe they fear an arab kind of that. whi

british cordon from the mediterranean to iraq. so mark from your knowledge of the other question. where would you say that a legion slot. between us and the french i mean. practically all arabs approach. not exactly anti french but frightened of financial exploitation and they are frightened of french colonial methods. but there are many christians in syria in the limit and in particular how do they feel that christians are as afraid at the bottom of their hearts as the muslims and only in syria at training center is prevalent everywhere because they know what the french do. that feeling pretty well runs all through. there is the french nationalist party which is sentimental still harking back to the crusades. so science returned and as the current sort of started to come together he was called into downing street at the end of the year on the sixteenth of december nine hundred fifty and then. he must've gone with a map as well because he got into them the meeting with the cabinet the prime minister and his chief ministers sitting around the cabinet table in downing street i believe they fear an arab caliphate. is an in

british cordon from the mediterranean to iraq. so so mark from your knowledge of the air out of the question. where would you say that a legion slot. between us and the french i mean. practically all arabs approach . not exactly anti french but frightened of financial exploitation and they are frightened of french colonial methods. but there are many christians in syria in the limited particular how do they feel that christians are as afraid at the bottom of their hearts as the muslims and only in syria that feeling sarah is prevalent everywhere because they know what the french do that feeling pretty well runs all through. there is the french nationalist party which is sentimental still harking back to the crusades. so science returned and as the currents of the started to come together he was called into downing street at the end of the year on the sixteenth of december one nine hundred fifty and then. he must of gone with a map as well because he got into them the meeting with the cabinet the prime minister and his chief ministers sitting around the cabinet table in downing street i believe they fear an arab caliphate. as