Remembrance Sunday events held in region

Members of staff and the military laid wreaths at the National Memorial Arboretum

Events to mark Remembrance Sunday have been held, with parades returning to the West Midlands for the first time since before the pandemic.

A remembrance service took place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.

Seven parades were held in Sandwell before services and a two-minute silence at memorials at 11:00 GMT.

Other processions included those at Coventry, Shrewsbury Castle and Bromyard in Herefordshire.

A veteran was pictured during the service at the National Memorial Arboretum

People paid their respects at Stoke Cenotaph

A formal wreath-laying and parade ceremony was held at Stoke Cenotaph

A service in Birmingham was held on Colmore Row opposite St Philip’s Cathedral

The parade in Birmingham included ex-service personnel and representatives of local uniformed organisations

The parade in Warwick followed a service at the town's St Mary's Church

There was a parade in Bromyard, Herefordshire, that ended at St Peter's Church