MAYOR of Barnsley Ken Richardson is inviting the town's residents to join him as he leads the borough’s tribute to acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice made by our service men and women in the run up to Remembrance Day.

On November 7, the mayor will be attending the Festival of Remembrance, organised by the Barnsley branch of the Royal British Legion at Horizon Community College at 7pm.

On November 10, Remembrance Sunday, everyone is invited to join the mayor, the Royal British Legion, veterans and service representatives at the war memorial outside Barnsley Town Hall.

The traditional service will start at 11am with the national two-minute silence, which will be marked by a bugler.

As part of the service, wreaths will be laid by service representatives and other invited organisations to remember those who have given their lives.

Members of the public are asked to be in position by 10.50am.

Motorists are advised that roads around the Town Hall (including Church Street between Eastgate and Shambles Street, St Mary’s Gate and Sadler Gate) will be closed on the day from 9.30am to 1pm.

This is part of a number of services taking place across the borough to remember the fallen.

Road closures will be in place on November 10, from 10.45am to 11.30am, as a parade walks from Monk Bretton Methodist Church on High Street to St. Paul's Church, Cross Street, pausing at the Cenotaph at 11am.

Blacker Road in Mapplewell will be closed on November 10 from 10.55am to 11.05am for a Remembrance Day service.

High Street in Dodworth will be closed on November 10 from 10.35am to 11.30am. The Parade will start at Dodworth Miners' Welfare, off High Street, and proceed to the Cenotaph adjacent to the junction with Barnsley Road.

Summer Lane, Cemetery Road, High Street, Park Street and Kelvin Grove in Wombwell will be part of a rolling road closure on the 10th from 9.30am to 11.15am.

The parade will then leave St. Mary's Church at 10.45am and proceed to Park Street/High Street at the Cenotaph, and pause there until 11.15am for the Remembrance Sunday service, after which the road will reopen.

On Armistice Day (November 11), the mayor will mark the two-minute silence at the war memorial outside Barnsley Town Hall at 11am.

Joining the mayor will be members of the Royal British Legion, representatives from veterans associations and 270 children from Summer Lane Primary School.

Motorists should note that traffic will be temporarily stopped and unable to pass-by the Town Hall during the two-minute silence.