Do we need more bank holidays?
Friday 27th August 2010, 11:30AM BST.
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Monday marks the last bank holiday of the year before Christmas.
But there have been calls over the last few years for the government to add another bank holiday – perhaps on the last Monday in October – to give people an extra day off when British Summer Time changes to Greenwich Mean Time.
Video journalists Nicky Butler and Charlotte Cross hit the streets of Wolverhampton to find out what people felt about the possibility of an extra bank holiday and to find out if we really are a nation of bank holiday DIY enthusiasts!
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I think we ought to have as many bank/public holidays that people in mainland Europe get. We are always robbed in this country. There should be at least another two holidays between August and Christmas.
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