The UK will observe VE Day this weekend, and celebrations are expected to be in full swing in 2024. The annual event typically sees people gather for street parties and community events to ...

VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day which took place on Tuesday, May 8, 1945. At 3pm, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced on the radio the war in Europe had come to an end, following ...

Celebration organisers have appealed for wartime memorabilia to help mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Wellington in Shropshire has planned a celebration which starts on 8 ...

The pageant master for Queen Elizabeth's jubilees said he wanted to "bring the nation together" with a singalong to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Bruno Peek, 74, from Gorleston-on-Sea ...

There have been calls for people to stop and reflect on the human cost of war, as the UK gears-up to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in exactly 80 days. Lady Walmsley, vice chair of SSAFA ...

Primary school children greet Ross Kemp and Dame Kelly Holmes to launch VE Day 80 at Hermitage Primary School in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA) May 8 marks the date in 1945 when the Allies accepted ...

Henry Rice, 98, was among the veterans who joined the UK's oldest armed forces charity, the SSAFA, to begin an 80-day countdown to the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The anniversary will mark Germany ...