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The Spring Bank Holiday moved to Monday 4 June to create a four-day weekend. [40] In 2020, the early May bank holiday originally set for Monday 4 May was moved to Friday 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. [41] [42] In 2022, there was a special holiday on Friday 3 June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland.In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.
Labour wants four new bank holidays. In the UK, VE Day on 8 May marks the Allies' formal acceptance of Nazi Germany's surrender in 1945, bringing an end to fighting in Europe.
The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
In February 2011, the UK Parliament was reported to be considering scrapping the bank holiday associated with May Day, replacing it with a bank holiday in October, possibly coinciding with Trafalgar Day (celebrated on 21 October), to create a "United Kingdom Day". [36]
This list may not reflect recent changes. ... August Bank Holiday; B. Bank holiday; Bank Holidays Act 1871; Boxing Day; C. Christmas Sunday; Commonwealth Day; E.
The late May bank holiday was moved to Thursday 2 June with an additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June, making a four-day weekend. [119] [120] [121] Big screens were placed in The Mall, London, Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens and in Cardiff's Bute Park for members of the public to watch the events taking place across the bank holiday ...
Every May Day bank holiday weekend, Llandudno plays host to a Victorian Extravaganza featuring a Victorian street fair, old-time fair rides, fun stalls, steam engines, people dressed in Victorian ...