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Remembrance Sunday Cancelled Bob's cartoon in today's Sunday Telegraph It's Remembrance Sunday today, but Covid restrictions mean only 25 sailors and marines will be taking part in the Whitehall parade. The MailOnline has more. Cancelled events and health fears mean many of those who served in the Armed Forces can't mark Remembrance Sunday in their usual way, but veterans have urged the public to "take a few minutes" to pause and reflect. And Government officials have insisted plans to mark the Cenotaph's centenary "will be announced in due course". The ex-head of the Royal Navy Lord West has told the Telegraph that war heroes face catching pneumonia if they're forced to stand outside churches today and not allowed in. Lord West of Spithead, the former First Sea Lord, said it was "extraordinary" that veterans were being made to commemorate fallen comrades "in the freezing cold" this Sunday after ministers made going to church a criminal offence with a minimum £200 fine. Other military leaders also spoke out against the ban on Remembrance Sunday services. Lord Dannatt, the former head of the Army, urged a rethink and called on the Government to make an exception for Remembrance Sunday.Major General Julian Thompson, who was British land commander during the Falklands War, described the ban by "panicking" ministers as "absolutely ridiculous".Former Defence Secretary ...
