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In the United Kingdom, public holidays are days on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. Many retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays, Easter and Christmas Day in England and Wales and on New Year's Day and Christmas Day in Scotland.
Bank holiday. A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.
1871. The August Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, part of the statutory bank holiday provision. Originally, the holiday was held on the first Monday of August across the country, but was changed in the late 1960s to the last Monday in August for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It remains the first Monday for Scotland.
Bank holidays. 2024. New Year’s Day. Jan. 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Jan. 15. Presidents’ Day. Feb. 19. Memorial Day. May 27. Juneteenth National ...
New weekly data from Freddie Mac shows mortgage rates increasing week over week as of Friday, July 5, 2024, rounding out the July 4th holiday week in which rates on 30-year terms steadily climbed ...
The event inspired the formation of the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in January 2019, and after AEW president Tony Khan purchased ROH in March 2022, AEW revived All In as their first-ever PPV event held in the United Kingdom, which took place during the 2023 August Bank Holiday weekend at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
1 January – Figures released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland show there were a total of 71 deaths on Northern Ireland's roads during 2023, the highest number for eight years. [1] 2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and ...
Commonwealth Day. Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March. While the date holds some official status in select member states of the Commonwealth, observances of the date are not uniform across the Commonwealth, and the date is not celebrated as a public holiday in most ...