UK falls silent in remembrance as Armistice Day services held across country

The nation fell silent in remembrance of those who died in military conflicts as poignant services were held on Armistice Day.

Held at the Angel Memorial in Westminster Hall, inside the Houses of Parliament, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who laid commemorative wreaths, alongside Massachusetts senate president Karen Spilka, who read a poem.

Mr Speaker then made his way to the Lower Waiting Hall of the House of Commons for a Turning the Page ceremony remembering Alan Scott Balfour, who died in 1918.