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9 Nov 2014

Remembrance Sunday marked across Britain

A series of events take place across the country to mark Remembrance Sunday, amid heightened security due to a suspected terror plot to target the Cenotaph.

The Queen laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, where there was a large police presence and a helicopter flying above the site. Scotland Yard said it had an “appropriate and proportionate” policing plan in place for the event, after four men were arrested in connection with an alleged Islamist terror plot on British soil on Thursday.

David Cameron described this year’s Remembrance Sunday as “particularly poignant” as 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the end of Britain’s 13 year conflict in Afghanistan.

Veterans joined members of the public to pay their respects at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, as part of Remembrance Sunday ceremonies.

In Fort William, in Scotland, a town parade was held and a war memorial service.

Many people, including MPs, posted images from events on Twitter.

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