No10 denies plans for extra 2025 bank holiday to mark major anniversary

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Downing Street has poured cold water on hopes of an extra bank holiday next year. The PM's official spokesman dismissed reports that Brits could get a bonus day off to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Victory in Europe (VE) Day on May 8 marks Germany's unconditional surrender in 1945 and the end of the war in Europe. Victory over Japan Day (VJ) on August 15 commemorates when Japan surrendered, effectively bringing the Second World War to an end. Speculation had

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