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Artist Suzanne Southerton, prize winner Emma Davies, and RBL member Stuart Clarke. Back - Kay Fisher and Sarah Prudomes from Mimic Gifts. Image: Tony Margiocchi

Leighton Buzzard Royal British Legion raises £26k following Poppy Appeal

Fiona Harrison

Soprano’s marathon singing session for Poppy Appeal at Euston Station

A Deer Spirit Psychic & Wellbeing Fair

Psychic and Wellbeing Fair back in Leighton Buzzard this December.

Andrew Selous MP at Repair Cafe LB with signed copy of UK Repair and Reuse Declaration

Totally Leighton Buzzard and local MP sign new Repair and Reuse Declaration

A Deer Spirit Psychic Fair

Psychic Event Back in Leighton Buzzard this September

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

Remembrance Sunday Leighton Buzzard 2021 (Photo by Jane Russell).

Leighton Buzzard and Linslade's Remembrance parade and services

War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK

Wreaths lay at the foot of the Cenotaph after the Remembrance Day (getty images)

What you need to know about Remembrance Day

UK November train strikes: When are the next RMT strikes and how will industrial action impact Sunderland and the Metro? (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Network Rail November rail strikes - new dates

The convoy passes through Dunstable.

21 pictures of the return of Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Truck Convoy
The Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Truck Convoy returned with a bang as thousands lined the streets to welcome the vehicles.

Kaidan Rowdon, Daisy Mowbray, Esme Lowe, George Allen and Riley Markland

Heath and Reach children complete 5k muddy challenge after school in aid of Roya...

Rev Cate Irvine (photo: Jane Russell)

Remembrance Sunday 2021: Leighton-Linslade falls silent in memory of those who p...

Wally Randall

Leighton Buzzard 'inspiration' Wally Randall recognised in the Parliamentary Gar...

Wally during the Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable truck convoy and (right) selling poppies outside Wilko. Photos: Sarah Randall/Jane Russell.

Leighton Buzzard residents celebrate life of town hero Wally Randall

Wally Randall selling poppies at Wilko, Leighton Buzzard.

Leighton Buzzard residents invited to celebrate the life of town hero Wally Rand...

Poppy merchandise bought on Amazon or eBay may not be helping charity - how to c...

Linslade Remembrance Sunday service

‘Special but different’ Remembrance Sunday in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade this...

Here’s how to download and print a poppy poster for your window this Remembrance...

How to join in on a doorstep two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday - and othe...

Why red poppies are worn for Remembrance season - and what the alternative colou...

This is why some people wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day: the history of the Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion

Remembrance Sunday 2019. Photo: Mick King

Remembrance Sunday services in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade will go ahead as pl...

Here’s how to support Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal this year

Remembrance Sunday 2019. Photo: Mick King

Nominations sought as ballot will decide who will attend socially-distanced Reme...

Coronavirus restrictions will impact Remembrance Day services - what you need to...

The 2019 parade. Photo: Mick King

Public asked to stay at home for this year's Remembrance Sunday commemoration in...
Details of a scaled down Remembrance Sunday commemoration have been announced as Leighton Buzzard looks to pay tribute to those who died serving the country.

Wally (middle) at the Truck Convoy in 2018 with Billy Bryne (left) from BBC DIY SOS and Lee Rigby's father Phil McClure (right). Credit: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Truck Convoy.

Tributes paid to Wally Randall as fundraiser for memorial launched

Wally Randall is still selling poppies at the age of 101

Wally, 101, is surely oldest poppy seller in Britain!

Rock N Roll at the Heath and Reach RBL

Mersey sound with a banger of a quiz at RBL.

Elvis is in the legion!