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Two-minute silence will mark 80 years since VE Day - as Britons prepare to celebrate with pubs and bars allowed to stay open longer

Two-minute silence will mark 80 years since VE Day - as Britons prepare to celebrate with pubs and bars allowed to stay open longer
Government buildings and departments will remember and thank those who fought with a silence at 12 noon next Thursday, May 8.

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