88 m. ago How did London celebrate VE Day and the end of the Second World War in 1945?

Today will see military parades, tea parties, and church services, but how did Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945?

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6 h. ago Relive VE Day as it happened 80 years ago when Britain threw epic party to celebrate Germany's surrender in WWII

LIVE UPDATES: Follow minute by minute details of Britain's VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945 as the nation celebrated victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War.

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6 h. ago 'As a whole, it was thank God it's over': War veteran aged 101 recalls VE Day 1945

'I think there was a feeling of relief, no doubt about it, because you were thinking that the killing, the dying, is stopping'

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8 h. ago From apathy to celebration – how four people lived VE Day in 1945

While some were relishing their first hot meal after five years as PoW, others struggled to rejoice in celebrationsAfter nearly six years of hardship, people poured out on the streets in celebration 80 years ago as the second world war in Europe came to an end. However, for many who lost family and friends, the rejoicing was muted.Here, four people recall their memories and those of their families. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago VE Day LIVE as it happened in 1945 when Brits celebrated end of WW2 in Europe

As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, follow our unique live blog to relive the key events and images from the day as it happened hour-by-hour

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20 h. ago Experts discover common leg problem suffered by millions can raise dementia risk by 25 per cent

Korean scientists found people with a condition that about one in four Brits live with had a 23.5 per cent higher risk of being diagnosed with memory robbing dementia.

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30 h. ago Hitler conquered British territory then made families live in unimaginable hell

The Channel Islands were the only British territory occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War, and were finally liberated on May 9 1945 - one day after VE Day

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35 h. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon says she 'won't apologise' to women after Supreme Court gender ruling and claims it could make trans people's lives 'unliveable'

Nicola Sturgeon has warned that trans lives could become 'unliveable' following the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman.

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49 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon warns lives of trans people could be “almost unliveable” after Supreme Court ruling

The former first minister was quizzed by reporters at the Scottish Parliament.

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51 h. ago Long A&E waits for people who have paid into NHS all their lives ‘appalling’

A report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that rising numbers of elderly and frail people are enduring very long waits.

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65 h. ago NEIL KINNOCK: 'Labour must be relevant to people’s everyday lives and offer realistic hope'

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock says extra funding from Westminster and NHS waiting lists falling won't be enough by itself for the party to win the fight ahead in Wales

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3 d. ago George, Charlotte and Louis join royal family for VE Day commemorations

VE Day was declared on May 8 1945.

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3 d. ago Timothy Spall begins VE Day celebrations with Winston Churchill speech

The 68-year-old actor read extracts from Churchill’s speech from VE Day in 1945, standing in front of a statue of the wartime leader.

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3 d. ago Manchester's VE Day celebrations in May 1945 captured in incredible photos

Thousands gathered in Albert Square to listen to the Prime Minister's address to the nation, while elsewhere in the city, bunting was hung from house to house across the terraces

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3 d. ago Metal objects unearthed near volcano reveal secrets of 3,400

People who lived in western Hungary between 13th and 6th centuries BC were likely tribal societies led by elite warriors

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3 d. ago 'Scary' shortcut saw people take their lives into their own hands

'It was frightening to say the least'

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4 d. ago Peggy lived in fear nightly as German bombers roared overhead. Then, on the day she turned ten in 1945, peace in Europe was declared, giving her the best birthday EVER

Celebrations and parties were almost unheard of for the youngster, born in 1935, who had little memory of anything other than the daily trials of living through the Second World War.

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4 d. ago LIVE: Attempted murder inquiry launched after four people injured in two different car incidents in Rochdale

Police said the incident is not being treated as terrorism related

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6 d. ago Archaeological project maps historic boat sheds on Isles of Scilly

‘Pilot gigs’ were crucial for islanders for centuries and 90 important sites housing the boats have been identifiedSwift, streamlined boats for centuries helped save lives and move people and goods around the treacherous waters of the Isles of Scilly.An archaeological project has highlighted just how crucial the agile, tough “pilot gigs” were for islanders by mapping 90 sites of sheds that housed the boats, the earliest believed to date back to the 17th century. Continue reading...

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