Poppy Day

"I think Matt has done very, very well, but he should have been here laying a wreath on Poppy Day," he says.

A strike by Network Rail workers has been re-arranged to avoid clashing with the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal on 3 November.

A strike by Network Rail workers has been re-arranged to avoid a clash with the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal.

London Poppy Day aims to raise £1m in a day and up to 2,000 personnel, veterans and volunteers were planning to fundraise across the capital.

She says there used to be a Poppy Day with celebrations and street parties, and she took charge of her college float, basing it on the Paris cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge.