Will the UK get an extra bank holiday for VE Day's 80th anniversary?
- Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on May 8, marking Germany's surrender in 1945.
- Downing Street confirmed there will be no extra bank holiday for the VE Day celebrations.
- Celebrations will include various events like concerts and displays, including a display by the RAF’s Red Arrows over London.
- The Prime Minister's spokesperson stated that the VE Day celebrations will utilize the existing May Day bank holiday.
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Further plans made for Hailsham's VE Day 80th Anniversary celebrations
More live entertainment acts, exhibitions and market traders have been added to the line-up of activities for the Town Council's 'grand celebration' to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe).

Will the UK get an extra bank holiday for VE Day's 80th anniversary?
Celebrations for the 80th anniversary of VE Day will take place in the UK over four days in May 2025.
Calm and Courageous - Epping Forest District Council
A new exhibition at Epping Forest District Museum in Waltham Abbey, ‘Calm and Courageous: The Second World War Home Front in the Epping Forest District,’ opens on Saturday 5 April 2025. Second World Home Front Marking 80 years since the Second World War came to an end in Europe on Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May 1945, the exhibition tells the story of the Second World Home Front in the Epping Forest District of Essex through the themes of th…
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