Concerns about conflicts and more young people becoming politicised thought to be behind increasing use of peace symbol

Bristol’s lord mayor will lay a wreath of red and white poppies during the city’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday in the latest sign of the peace symbol’s increasing mainstream acceptance.

White poppy orders from schools are considerably higher this year, say campaigners, who cite increasing concern about global conflict after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and factors including the link to the climate crisis from a new recyclable white and green poppy.

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