It was supposed to be a memorable street party across the nation to toast the victory that shaped modern Britain in 1945.

In Westminster, ministers said the public should expect only "limited" changes on Sunday night

Fighter planes soared in blue skies above towns and cities across the UK to mark the VE Day anniversary

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TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 12 will be approximately $15 million.

Data showed the domestic equity market gave up half the gains that it had amassed.

Adele used an Instagram post to mark her 32nd birthday while sharing her latest look including thanking essential workers, calling them "our angels."

From creamy gnudi to champagne macarons, the dishes at USA TODAY's Wine & Food Experience in Chicago didn't disappoint.

Laura Prepon and Denise Richards tell USA TODAY about their Mother's Day plans while Maren Morris and Cameron Diaz will celebrate as first-time moms.

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Blake Lively will star in "Dark Days at the Magna Carta," a post-apocalyptic thriller that's being developed at Netflix as a possible trilogy. Michael Paisley will write the screenplay for "Dark Days at the Magna Carta," set amid a catastrophic event and centering on a woman going to extreme lengths to survive and save her […]

There’s an utterly affecting bittersweet kiwi comedy, some jazz era glitz and glamour, and a load of nerve-shredding jungle thrills today

Celebrate VE Day with Mike Newell's 2018 WW2 film.

Period dramas, real life spycraft thrills, epic stadium tours and freestyle rap battles all feature.

Derek Herbert had been due to appear at Hever Castle in Kent but will instead perform on social media.

Sean S. Cunningham's slasher 'Friday the 13th' is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week. Its effect on the horror genre defined the 1980s.

This Saturday you can expect coming of age dramas, delectable foodie feel-good films, and hard hitting horrors.

Jam Gelua says now more than ever people need to remember that mental health supports are available and they should reach out to anyone who can help. It makes a difference, she says.

No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.

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Lockdown measures may start to be lifted on Monday "if we possibly can", Boris Johnson has announced.

Boris Johnson has set out a new target of 200,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of May, as he admitted he "bitterly regrets" the crisis in care homes.

He also said he "bitterly regrets" the crisis in care homes, where staff have hit out at a lack of testing and PPE. The latest figures show that nursing home fatalities are continuing to rise, standing at 2,794 in the week to April 24, despite deaths in all settings beginning to fall.

It should have been the first litmus test of Sir Keir Starmer's appeal - as well as a verdict on whether Boris Johnson's general election earthquake in former Red Wall regions translated into long term local success

The Government has failed to meet its 100,000 coronavirus daily testing target for the fifth day running as criticism mounts on ministers to bolster supplies.

"Today, 75 years later, we are forced to commemorate alone, but we are not alone!" Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says, celebrating international unity in the post-war era.

Stay up to date on the latest on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting sports around the globe.

Stay up to date on the latest on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting sports around the globe.

Saturday, May 9: Some odd musical instruments, the Official Plan and the pandemic -- you can write to us too, on these or any topics, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

It’s chilly out there this morning. The temperature at 7 a.m. Saturday morning sat at -3 C. Making it feel more like March than May. Clouds shouldroll in later this morning, bringing a 40 per cent chance of flurries, the high reaching only 4 C. Yep, more like March than May. The wind kicks up […]

Archie celebrates his first birthday with story time with his mom

A new meme imagines a walking down all sorts of aisles after coronavirus-related lockdowns end

Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, announced Monday the musician will premiere a brand new track as part of an "Astronomical" tour within the game.

One gurdwara in Kent is delivering hundreds of meals daily to hospitals, care homes and vulnerable

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They start at 4am, chopping vegetables, mixing spices, soaking legumes, kneading chapati dough. Scores of volunteers are split into five teams working in shifts: cooking, packing, delivering, cleaning and answering the phones.

By the end of the day, at least 850 meals have been delivered to staff at five nearby hospitals, care homes and vulnerable individuals. Some days, the number hits 1,000.

Saturday's instalment of 'SNL at home' brilliantly acknowledged the gravity of our times while poking fun at quarantine culture

Webb's drinking had exacerbated an undiagnosed heart murmur

Whitmore was the sixth celebrity to be eliminated from the 2016 series

The series will give a first behind-the-scenes look at the making of 'The Mandalorian'

Viewers reacted positively to the Spider-man star's 'adorable' gesture

Fauci has been a leading member of Trump's coronavirus task force

'I think he did a great job'

What was probably intended as a relaxing Sunday-night nostalgia-fest has become something else entirely during lockdown

The star of 'This Is England' talks to Annie Lord about the misrepresentation of working-class people on TV, the return of his show 'Brassic', and his struggles with medication for a bipolar disorder

Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks have contributed to the programme remotely