Glasgow falls silent to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

Leicester falls silent to mark VE Day 80 years on

Music from the 1940s also brought in many to pay their respects

Scotland remembers its wartime heroes to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Scotland fell silent to remember its wartime heroes with a series of events taking place around the country.

For VE Day, 1,000 Canadian students and teachers are in the Netherlands to honour our fallen soldiers: ‘He gave his life so I could enjoy a peaceful one’

Rick Lund, of Parry Sound High School, leads a group of 40 of students there. Leila Kennedy, 17, visits the grave of Private Woodrow Beverly Brown

Glasgow falls silent to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

Glasgow has paid tribute to its wartime heroes by observing a two-minute silence across the city.

Town falls silent for VE Day

As today, May 8) the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, dozens of people stopped for a national two-minute silence.

Nation falls silent on anniversary of VE Day to honour those who ‘gave so much’

Tributes were paid in the Scottish Parliament, while Scots observed a two-minute silence at noon.