When is VE Day 2025 and is it a bank holiday in the UK?

Bond Street in London decorated in preparation for VE Day (Picture: David Parry/PA Media Assignments)Thousands of people are set to line the streets in London to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day next month.The celebrations will cap off a week of commemorative events 80 years after the Second World War came to an end on May 8, 1945.Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Royal Family will also be in the audience for the Red Arrows flypast, a Churchill speech performance, and a military procession