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Easter Monday is a bank holiday in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland. In Northern Ireland, St Patrick's Day and Orangemen's Day are also bank holidays. In Scotland, 2 January and St Andrew's Day are bank holidays. The Summer bank holiday varies according to jurisdiction: in Scotland, it is on the first Monday in August ...
depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [77] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [78] 16 16 East Timor [79] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [80] 11 11 United Kingdom [81] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [82] United States [83] 6 11 Uruguay [84] 12 12 Venezuela ...
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 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 .
The NHS is to extend bowel cancer screening in the form of home test kits to everyone over the age of 50 in England, bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales. [25] MPs vote to back a one-month cap on advanced rents in England as part of the Renters' Rights Bill. [26] 16 January –
The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2025 Date Day 1 January 2025: New Year's Day: 2 January 2025: Day following New Year's Day 17 April 2025 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 18 April 2025 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 21 April 2025 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2025: Labour Day: 9 May 2025 ...
Holidays in England (2 C, 10 P) Holidays in Scotland (4 C, 19 P) C. ... August Bank Holiday; B. Bank holiday; Bank Holidays Act 1871; Boxing Day; C. Christmas Sunday ...
As low temperatures continue to affect the UK, a fresh weather warning is issued for ice covering Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of England. [27] 10 January The UK records its coldest temperatures of the winter so far, with an overnight low of −14.5°C (5.9°F) in Altnaharra, northern Scotland. [28]