One of the RAF Red Arrows experienced a bird strike on the way to a flypast on Friday. The aerobatic display team were headed to the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when the strike happened.

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Ted to his friends and family – is spending the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marked the end of the Second World War, at a street party in his home town of Gateshead. In his mind, though, he will be running through memories of the conflict in the Far East theatre of war,

A seaside town stepped back in time on Saturday as it marked the anniversary of VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day. On the exact spot of the former railway station in Clevedon, North Somerset, from which people would have left to serve in World War Two, a display of restored military vehicles and equipment was gathered.

Veterans of the appalling conflict in the Far East in World War Two gathered for a poignant ceremony of remembrance marking the day fighting came to an end 80 years ago

Prince William and Kate Middleton issued an emotional message while marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, aka Victory Over Japan Day. On Friday, Aug. 15, the Prince and Princess of Wales took to X with a post remembering the official end of World War II in Japan.

Events to mark 80 years since VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, are being held across Devon and Cornwall. The day is commemorated on 15 August each year, marking the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, ending World War Two.