Gordon Driver was 12 when VE day was announced and remembers "a lot" of parties with neighbours gathering together and "long ...

As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, follow our unique live blog to relive the key events and images from the ...

It was not until the end of the midnight news on the BBC on VE Day, Tuesday 8 May 1945, that the general public heard the ...

Ruth Bourne worked a top-secret job at Bletchley Park during World War Two - but joined the jubilant scenes on VE Day.

"It was the beginning of a different life, now in peacetime." When Mrs Stockdale came home from school that day she remembers ...

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent ...

The war officially concluded on August 15, 1945, after the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ...

Members of the British royal family — including King Charles, Prince William and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, along ...

Britain is marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day this week with four days of commemorations honoring the ...

Today, 80 years after the end of the Second World War in Europe, a wide range of celebrations are taking place ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate VE Day, one woman shares her feelings of fear and joy as she remembers the day World War ...

Pauline Alexander, who served with the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1942 to 1946, has reflected on her loss and the ...