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The council says: “Each year, The Royal British Legion calls on the nation to unite in commemorating Remembrance Sunday.

“However, this year, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, they are encouraging people across the nations to ensure Remembrance Sunday is still marked appropriately by taking part in remote and socially distanced remembrance activity, whether that be watching the service on television or pausing for the two minute silence in their home or on their doorsteps.”

The Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Jim Montgomery, said: “Like so many events this year, it is disappointing that we cannot commemorate Remembrance Sunday as we have done previously.

“However on behalf of the people of the Borough, the Deputy Mayor and I will be laying a wreath at each of the five cenotaphs in the borough to remember and pay homage to the fallen who sacrificed their lives so we could have our freedom – Lest We Forget.”

Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter

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Ballyclare Town Hall will be among the buildings lit up red.

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Antrim and Newtownabbey civic buildings to light up red for Remembrance Sunday