Poppies exhibit opens at Liverpool's St George's Hall

A display of thousands of ceramic poppies from last year's Tower of London exhibit has officially opened in Liverpool.

The Weeping Window section was draped down St George's Hall ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Thousands of visitors are expected to see the display, which ends in January.

Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, the Tower of London artwork marked 100 years since the start of World War One and drew more than five million visitors last year.

The ceramic poppies will be at St George's Hall until 17 January

Most of the poppies were sold to the public, raising about £9m for military charities, but two sections - the Wave and the Weeping Window - were bought for the nation by the charities Backstage Trust and Clore Duffield Foundation.

Both sections will be exhibited at other venues across the UK before they are permanently housed at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester after 2018.