VE Day
VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations might be ‘last chance to thank veterans’
TV presenter and actor Ross Kemp and Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes launched the memorial programme at a London school.
Second World War veterans urged to register for VE Day and VJ Day events
The anniversaries are in May and August this year.
Starmer marks Armistice Day at Paris ceremony with Macron
The Prime Minister said he was honoured to pay tribute to the fallen of the First World War alongside the French president.
Normandy veterans complete 104-mile cycling challenge
The endeavour was the same distance as Len Gibbon’s historic journey from Portsmouth to Gold Beach, Normandy, in 1944.
92-year-old woman dances outside front door in celebration of VE Day
Rose, who grew up in London, said she ‘went up the West End’ for a dance on VE Day in 1945.
VE Day 75 in pictures: Britons bring out the bunting
Major events were cancelled due to coronavirus, but there was still the chance to bring some colour to the event.
Locked-down Churchill impersonator uses social media to mark VE Day
Derek Herbert had been due to appear at Hever Castle in Kent but will instead perform on social media.
Katherine Jenkins: Performing in empty hall to mark VE Day was ‘incredible’
Jenkins sang a medley of wartime favourites.
Dame Vera Lynn to join nation’s rendition of We’ll Meet Again as UK marks VE Day
The celebrated singer, aged 103, will sing the tune in lockdown from her home in east Sussex alongside her family.
In Pictures: Then and now – 75 years since VE Day
Celebrations will be very different during the coronavirus lockdown.