Sat in his chair in his room at Darlington Manor Residential Home, with a VE Day pin badge on his quarter-zip top, is 102-year-old Kenneth Johnson. Kenneth’s story is an unbelievable one. He was in ...

THE war was over. Victory was proclaimed. Bells, free from muffles, rang from every church steeple. Tables, chairs and pianos were tossed out ...

A 100-year-old RAF veteran from Kent has reflected on his time in the Second World War as the country celebrates Victory in ...

As the nation marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, here is a flavour of some of them: Bernard Morgan, now 101, from Crewe, ...

The country will light a beacon, one of more than 200 around the world, to mark the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi ...

The race is on the find the families of two Second World War heroes being honoured this VE Day. To mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, Ancestry, the global leader in family history, is uncovering and ...

People who lived through VE (Victory in Europe) Day have been in touch with BBC London to share their memories of 8 May 1945.

A former London teacher who helped evacuate children during the Blitz is at the heart of VE Day commemorations at Goodson ...

From rationing to bomb shelters and, eventually, celebrating peace - this photo series captures life for those at the end of ...

Check the London Underground, Overground and Elizabeth Line services for the upcoming weekend and don't be caught out by any changes from May 9 ...

Even the late Queen Elizabeth II could not contain her VE Day excitement. Then a young princess, she slipped into the massed ...