Declan Layton, 21, hoisted the flags six years ago to show respect for his pals in the military and to honour his late ...

concreted them into a corner of the communal garden by his flat and hoisted up the Union Jack. 'I put the Union Jack on the taller flagpole and then rotate other flags on the shorter pole,' he said.

Declan Layton, 21, hoisted the flags six years ago to show respect for his pals in the military and to honour his late grandad who served in the army. But now he's been ordered to take them down ...

Under the country’s flag code, enshrined in law but only advisory in nature: “The flag should never be displayed with the union down ... my cousins living with them.” Annette Bell doesn ...

The Express would like to know if you think it should be made illegal to destroy the Union Jack flag. Let us know by taking part in our poll. Ms Evans added: "I'd go a little bit further.

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack ... 4,800 did — most of them serious.

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack ... 4,800 did — most of them serious.