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Dame Kelly Holmes and Ross Kemp sitting down at a table having lunch with school children dressed in blue, with decorative union flags in view.

Stars join pupils for VE Day anniversary countdown

Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes and actor Ross Kemp talked to the pupils about the importance of the day.

A union jack and commemorative flags shown outside a house to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020

No bank holiday to mark 80 years after end of WW2

Downing Street says there will be events to mark VE Day during the existing early May bank holiday.

Olga holding the book about her time in captivity

'I celebrated my 10th birthday in Changi PoW camp'

Olga Henderson, 91, has been reunited with a quilt she made with her fellow child prisoners.