内容摘要：However, there are some reservations from the drama students.

However, there are some reservations from the drama students.

The annual day is one of the recommendations set out by thePrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "As we mark five years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, I know for many there is deep grief and loss that may never be relieved."

In London, sobbing could be heard as bereaved relatives, led by a Highland piper, joined well wishers to walk beside the National Covid Memorial Wall.They passed 3,000 photographs of the faces of some of those who died, which represents just over 1% of the total death toll from Covid in the UK, organisers said.Choir song and a water cannon salute on the Thames from a London Fire Brigade fireboat brought the event to a close.

A minute's silence was held after the chimes of Big Ben and long-stemmed red carnations were cast into the River Thames.Lynn Jones fought back tears as she remembered her "fit and healthy" 66-year-old husband Gareth who died after "spending seven weeks in hospital battling the virus on his own".

She told those gathered at the London event that the Covid wall "is an expression of so many emotions - rage, love, grief, pain and unbearable sadness".

Sisters Colette Woodall, Julie Harvey, and Jacquie McEvoy - who were originally from Liverpool - travelled from their homes in London and Wiltshire to pay their respects to their mother Joan Aspinall, who died in September 2021.South Kesteven District Council Cabinet member for Armed Forces, Councillor Phil Dilks, said: "It's vital that we never forget the sacrifices of so many who fought for our freedoms."

, celebrations begin with a service at the parish church from 16:30 BST on 8 May, followed by a BBQ, games and a school choir performance at Windmill restaurant. The event will conclude with the lighting of the town's beacon at 21:00., there will be a beacon lighting event on 8 May at 21:30 followed by a VE Day anniversary evening at Wellingore Memorial Hall on 10 May, featuring a 16-piece big band.

A 1940s themed picnic will be held at Waltham Windmill on the 10 May from 11:00 to 15:00 BST. The free event includes face painting, food stalls, evacuation train rides, a quiz and balloon-modelling. Live music and dancing will top off the event and a prize for the best 1940s outfit.Veterans will be in attendance when South Holland District Council raises the flag outside its council offices on Priory Road, Spalding, at 11:00 BST on 8 May.