VE Day

The 80th anniversary of victory over Japan this August ‘is likely to be one of the last opportunities’ for the nation to thank them

One of two Lancasters that are airworthy, it first rolled off the line in north Wales in May 1945 and has made a poignant homecoming

Write to Matthew Syed is right that our political class has become detached from those basic human concerns that Nigel Farage is so adept at plugging into...

See what caught the eye of Scottish photographers this week, including events to mark 80 years since the Allies’ victory in Europe

The Flag Institute and its chief vexillologist will back this newspaper’s use of the term

A stirring new work was performed outdoors in Vienna, prefaced by a speech by the Austrian president who warned of renewed dangers to democracy

The Royal British Legion tea party at the National Memorial Arboretum was the biggest gathering of Second World War veterans this year

Write to Sir, I was disturbed that all migrants will have to be fluent in English ( news, May 8 ) and will be required “to express themselves fluently and...

The King invokes Churchill and George VI in VE Day speech and reminds people ‘what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny’

Eighty years ago today, the prime minister declared the peace and the country rejoiced. Now we tell the story of the day in the style of a 2025 liveblog