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White poppy wreaths laid ahead of Alternative Remembrance Sunday

PEACE campaigners have laid white-poppy wreaths across Britain ahead of the Alternative Remembrance Sunday ceremony tomorrow.

The online ceremony is focused on remembering all victims of war, both civilian and military, of all nationalities. 

Organisers at the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) have predicted an unusually high turnout in a politically tumultuous year,

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