The VE Day holiday on May 8 will begin three days of commemorations across the UK ANDREW FOX/TIMES NEWSPAPERSHealth chiefs in Fife have refused to move this year’s May bank holiday to mark VE Day’s 75th anniversary. The bank holiday was changed from May 4 to May 8 across the UK and the Scottish government is recommending that local authorities and health boards adopt the new date, which will begin a three-day weekend commemorating Nazi Germany’s surrender. However, NHS Fife’s 8,500 staff will observe the usual Monday bank holiday at the beginning of May, despite accusations that their bosses are insulting those who lost their lives during the Second World War. The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and North East Fife MSP, Willie Rennie, described the decision as ill-advised. He said: “It is to be a national coming together to remember those who sacrificed…

Source: The Times January 04, 2020 00:33 UTC