VE Day: UK holds two minute silence on 75th anniversary

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Silence around UK to mark VE Day The UK is marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day, as the country remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus.

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Red Arrows VE Day anniversary flypast The Red Arrows fly over an empty central London to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

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'I didn’t see my father until I was five’ BBC 5 Live listener Peter on seeing his father for the first time after VE Day.

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Isolating friends, 97 and 92, spend VE Day together New friends Doug and Margaret will spend the anniversary together while isolating as a pair.

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Colonel Tom Moore shares his VE Day memories The national hero talks about his VE Day experience.

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WW2 vet recalls 'birds singing after ceasefire' The ceasefire was "like a millstone off your neck knowing I'd come through the war," says Lewis Banham.

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