Wetherspoons manager forces poppy seller who was seeking shelter to stand out in the pouring rain

Pub chain Wetherspoons has apologised after staff forced a poppy seller who was seeking shelter outside one of their pubs - to stand out in the rain.

Pete West, 47, was selling the Royal British Legion's decorative poppies to passers-by as the heavens opened. To stay dry, Pete stood under a concrete canopy which forms part of The Chevalier pub in Exeter, Devon.