17 h. ago 'I danced around a piano in the street': VE Day in Collyhurst 80 years ago

'I also remember we all got a mug with a picture of the King on it'

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18 h. ago Veterans don Union flag hats and dance to 1940s tunes at VE Day street party

The event at the Erskine home near Glasgow was reminiscent of the street parties held to celebrate VE Day 80 years ago.

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22 h. ago Kate Middleton just took style notes from Diana with elegant polka dot dress for VE Day celebrations

The Princess of Wales embodied elegance as she joined the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey for the VE Day 80th anniversary Service of Thanksgiving.

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46 h. ago Airth Care Home brings generations together for heartwarming VE Day Street Party

Residents, families, and the wider Airth community came together on Monday 5 May, for a spectacular VE Day Street Party hosted by Airthrey Care Home.

Society

3 d. ago In pictures: Greater Manchester honours VE Day 80 with stunning street parties

Events will held across the nation over the next four days making 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer serves tea and cakes at VE Day party in Downing Street

The Prime Minister, joined by his wife Lady Starmer, invited around 130 people including two Second World War veterans to the event.

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3 d. ago VE Day 2025 commemorations LIVE: Buckingham Palace and Downing Street host tea parties after royals watch flypast

Britain has today begun its commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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3 d. ago Kate Middleton marks VE Day in signature style with chic berry

Shop Kate Middleton's latest outfit and discover the most stylish high-street alternatives.

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4 d. ago VE Day live updates with everything you need to know about street parties, RAF flypast and royal balcony appearance

In the four days building up to VE day, communities and organisations up and down the country are taking advantage of the Bank Holiday to pay tribute to the historic 80th anniversary

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4 d. ago VE Day Bank Holiday will spark sunshine for Brits' street parties and 25C blast

Bright and dry conditions are due for bashes across the country today as well as the flypast and military parade in London to mark 80 years since the end of the war in Europe

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4 d. ago VE Day 2025 celebrations LIVE as street parties, military procession and flypast held to mark 80th anniversary

Events will held across the nation over the next four days making 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day

Events

7 d. ago The full list of VE Day street parties and events taking place across Greater Manchester

Events, street parties and celebrations will start this weekend and run throughout the next ten days

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7 d. ago Hallmark star chokes back tears after wife killed and young child injured in horrifying attack

Eleven were people were killed and dozens were injured after an SUV rammed through a packed street festival  Lapu Lapu Day - to honor Filipino heritage - at around 8pm local time on Saturday.

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7 d. ago The VE Day street parties and events taking place in Trafford to mark 80th anniversary

Residents set to celebrate as roads are closed

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8 d. ago From raucous street celebrations to those waiting to hear if loved ones had survived

On the morning of Monday, May 7, 1945, a young clerk from Grays, Essex, left home with an unusual goodbye to her family: 'See you after the war!'

Events

1 week ago Wife of British man detained in Dubai calls on PM to act to secure his release

Heather Cornelius delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street on Monday, the day after her husband Ryan Cornelius’s 71st birthday.

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1 week ago King Charles issues statement after nine people were killed when 'car ploughed into crowd at Vancouver street party'

A message from Charles was posted on social media after a vehicle is reported to have entered the street where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was taking place just before 8.15pm on Saturday.

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1 week ago LORD ASHCROFT: At the height of the freebie scandal, Starmer seemed more concerned about the Arsenal v Spurs match

On Keir Starmer's first day in Downing Street as Prime Minister in July last year, one of his aides put all of next season's fixtures of his beloved Arsenal football club into his diary.

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2 w. ago Australians and New Zealanders commemorate war dead on Anzac Day

Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day

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2 w. ago The Greater Manchester area partying like it's 1945 with 20 VE Day street parties

It's an important milestone

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