Victory in Europe Day took place on May 8 1945 when the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany. To mark the 80^th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, St John’s Kirk Bells will resound and a series of events is planned across Perth and Kinross.

On the morning of May 8, wreaths will be laid at the Veterans’ Memorial on St John Street in Perth and at The 51^st Highland Division Memorial at the North Inch That night, a series of VE Day 80 beacons will be lit at seven locations across Perth and Kinross – Perth, Blairgowrie, Auchterarder, Crieff, Kinross, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy – to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe.