A `BEACON of remembrance' took place last night, hours after Northern Ireland fell silent to remember those who have died of Covid-19 on the one-year anniversary of the first national lockdown.
The minute's silence at noon was part of a UK-wide national day of reflection linked with palliative care charity Marie Curie which came as lives lost to coronavirus recorded by the Department of Health reached 2,107 following a further two deaths.
Among those who paused to remember the dead were assembly members at Stormont, with proceedings at the Northern Ireland Assembly halted as a mark of respect.
Staff at some hospitals gathered outside in silence at noon.
In London, MPs paused proceedings in the House of Commons to observe the minute's silence, with Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle telling the chamber: "Every single one of us has been affected."
At 8pm people were encouraged to stand on their doorsteps with phones, candles and torches to signify a "beacon of remembrance".
Brenda Doherty, the daughter of the first female victim of coronavirus, held a photograph of her mother Ruth and lit a candle on the doorstep of her Jordanstown, Co Antrim home.
The 82-year-old died on March 24 2020.
Belfast City Hall and council buildings in Derry and Strabane were among those illuminated in memory of the dead.
