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 ...

I hope many years for now we will still mark VE and VJ day, but the 80th anniversary next year is particularly poignant, with these men and women still alongside us. We know the history ...

Ideas of how Kington can mark VE Day 2025 will be considered by the town council in the coming months. The 80 th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe will take place on May 8 2025.

Moving swiftly on . . . A particularly bright VE-Day idea, proposed by one Bruno Peek, a veteran “pageant master” (no, me neither) is for every street in the land to hold a jolly fish-and ...