Giant poppies painted on roundabouts and fields across Doncaster

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A poppy in DoncasterImage source, Doncaster Council
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The poppies have been painted using environmentally friendly material

Giant poppies have been painted on roundabouts and fields across Doncaster to mark Remembrance Day.

The council has created 23 memorials using "environmentally-friendly material" in the run-up to events being held across the city this weekend.

There will be a Civic Remembrance and silence at the Mansion House steps on Armistice Day on Saturday.

On Sunday, a Service of Remembrance will be held at at the war memorial on Bennetthorpe from 10:35 GMT.

There will then be a parade to the Minster of St George, where a second service will take place.

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The city is set to come together to pay its respects to servicemen and women