By Gandulf Henning
08.05.2020 - 12:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Queen will lead the nation in a televised address this evening - the second time in a month.
Her Majesty will mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day with the pre-recorded message forming part of a day of special programming commemorating the sacrifices of the Second World War generation.
Friday, May 8, marks the day of the formal acceptance by the Allies of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces, bringing the Second World War to a close.
It was a day people had longed for
By Gandulf Henning
Football is back but not quite as we all know and love it.
Live European football is set to return to TV screens on May 16 as the Bundesliga restarts behind-closed-doors.
Magician Roy Horn, who alongside Siegfried Fischbacher starred in a popular, long-running Las Vegas act built around rare tigers, died on Friday from of complications of COVID-19, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported. He was 75.
Ammika Harris is one proud mom! The 26-year-old model posted an Instagram selfie on May 8 with her baby son Aeko, whom she shares with Chris Brown. The mother-son duo are quarantined together in Germany, and shared a massive dose of cuteness with her 890,000 followers. “Meet my amazing best friend,” Ammika captioned the carousel post.
The Friday bank holiday falls on VE Day, and it is the 75th anniversary of the end of the fight against Nazi Germany and its allies in Europe. It was on 8 May, 1945 at 3pm that a radio announcement was made by Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the war in Europe had come to an end, following the fact that Germany had surrendered the day before.
The public is being urged to join in a national sing-along as the country marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
This Morning made a huge change to its usual iconic theme tune to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
This Friday is a bank holiday, and the 75th anniversary of VE Day, which marks the end of the fight against Nazi Germany and its allies in Europe. It was on 8 May, 1945 at 3pm that a radio announcement was made by Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the war in Europe had come to an end, following the fact that Germany had surrendered the day before.