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A Remembrance Sunday parade had to be moved at the last-minute after a parked van was deemed to be a 'security risk'.

The service in Cheadle , Stockport was hastily rearranged after the owner of the white van, which is understood to have been parked next to the war memorial since Saturday night, couldn't be found in time. Witnesses say police advised organisers that the service couldn't take place at the memorial while the van was still there as it posed a 'security risk'.

Onlookers say the van's owner was eventually tracked down at about 'two minutes to 11am' and fined by police before moving the vehicle.

The delayed service was moved to St Mary's Church, where the two minute's silence was observed by around 3,000 people.

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