Liberation Day party. Islanders have been invited to Weighbridge Place for a free Liberation Day party from 12:45. There will be performances by the Jersey Hoppers, StepByStep Dance School and ...

Commemoration and celebration events are taking place across the islands to mark the 80th Liberation Day.

Credit: Government of Jersey This year, events on the day include the Liberation 77 Ceremony in Liberation Square with big screens, and overflow areas in Weighbridge Place and the Royal Square.

No, Sark and Alderney celebrate Liberation Day differently to Jersey and Guernsey. Sark was liberated on 10 May 1945, and the German troops in Alderney surrendered on 16 May 1945.

To start the day, islanders gathered for a Liberation Day breakfast in Jersey and a two-minute silence was held in Guernsey at 09:00. Later a 21-gun salute was fired from Castle Cornet.