VE Day 75 in pictures: Britons bring out the bunting
Major events were cancelled due to coronavirus, but there was still the chance to bring some colour to the event.
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Events marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day may have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak – but people are still marking the occasion with colourful decorations.
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![Wendy Doig and Roy Barker from St James Church in Woolton Village dress Jimmy the War Horse ahead of VE Day celebrations](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/c02e0b8b1073a01d42023e40ec81f644Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTM4NDU0/2.53660368.jpg?w=640)
![Wilson ready to mark the occasion](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/9f829975e12ab72d8628e18c66d560c6Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTM4MzE5/2.53659517.jpg?w=640)
![Children from Breadsall Primary School in Derby held a VE Day lunch party on Thursday](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/2a8bd9d95cf55be3f02ae8ee97485b7aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTM5ODcw/2.53660677.jpg?w=640)
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![A giant Union flag was drawn in the sand on the beach beneath Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland by maintenance manager Andrew Heeley, 56](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/12de47853bc781064a0b90e996053002Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTQwNDA3/2.53660833.jpg?w=640)
![Alex Glover, 10, dressed as a Second World War evacuee outside his home in Sittingbourne, Kent, where he has created a VE Day theme which includes a tribute to 100-year-old Captain Tom Moore](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/7a99bf7f21042f0210a80449b1d8a14bY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTQzMjEw/2.53661436.jpg?w=640)
![Piper on cliffs of Dover](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/4fa863c3664af9933a85fb219aec32c0Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTg4OTYxMDg4/2.53659290.jpg?w=640)