VE Day

Cheering crowds could not hide their relief during the VJ Day celebrations in 1945. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The day South Tyneside got its freedom as war came to an end

The front page of the Shields Gazette on VE Day in 1945.

How South Tyneside celebrated VE Day with dancing and sheer disbelief

The annual Armed Forces celebration is set to return to South Tyneside.

South Tyneside set to host its annual Armed Forces celebration

Eric with his parents Pat and Ella Moyse in Cleadon Estate, and his older brother Alan.

'We sang ten green bottles until the all-clear': A man's war memories

A young George Larter pictured with his mother Mamie and father, also called George.

'My uncle saved my life': An incredible war story from Boldon

Flags are made at the JW Plant Flag Company ahead of the VE Day 80th anniversary on March 18, 2025 in Leeds.

Watch: Is there a two-minute silence for VE Day?

Fenwick Avenue residents Darren and Victoria Hanson with a Spitfire plane they created to commemorate the anniversary of VE Day during their street party last year.

Fenwick Street's VE Day celebrations remembered

VE Day 80

How to watch VE Day 80 on TV and what channel coverage is on

Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill makes his VE Day Broadcast to the world on May 8, 1945.

VE Day South Tyneside Celebrations 1945

(Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

VE Day: supermarket opening times and extended pub hours

The Lawe Top beacon will be lit on Thursday, May 8, to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

South Tyneside to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day with a ceremony

Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales watch the Red Arrows flypast from Buckingham Palace.

Breath-taking footage captures stunning military VE Day 80 flypast

Carol Victoria Parker, centre,, with her granddaughter, Melissa Victoria Simpson, right, and Carol's daughter Victoria Littlemore - and they all have birthdays on VE Day.

'We were all born on VE Day!' An incredible Sunderland family

Leonard Barker Knox and his wife Violet who survived World War II. Leonard's diaries have now been shared with us.

VE Day 1945: Boldon man's story

Veterans Richard Pelzer (left), 101, and Ron Horsey, 98, who both served with the Royal Engineers, holding the new VE Day 50p coin at the Royal Mint manufacturing site in South Wales (Photo: The Royal Mint)

VE Day 50p coins released to mark 80th anniversary of WWII's end

William Thomson when he was a child. He would later become a war hero whose grave would be tended by the people of Fosseux in France.

Tiny French village to pay VE Day tribute to North East hero
A tiny French village will pay a special VE Day tribute to a hero with Whitburn links.
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