Free road closures now available to host street parties to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Celebrations are being planned across the country across the weekend from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 May.

Leicestershire County Council is encouraging local communities to apply for free road closures to host street parties to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May.

The historic anniversary, which commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe, takes place on Thursday 8 May.

There is normally a fee for closing roads in order to hold events, but the council is waiving it to help support communities and groups who want to organise events.

The deadline for applications for a free road closure to allow a celebration of the 80th anniversary of VE Day to be held is Friday, 21 March.

The council is also offering free loans of signs and cones for event organisers, which will need to be collected from and returned to the Mountsorrel Highways Depot. These also need to be applied for by the deadline of Friday 21 March, as availability cannot be guaranteed after this date.