bank holiday

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It reported that "over one billion litres of extra water were used over the bank holiday weekend compared to the same weekend in 2025".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

People have been urged to take precautions near water after at least eight people, mostly children, drowned over the bank holiday weekend while trying to stay cool during the heat wave.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

That provisional figure, recorded in Kew Gardens, also surpassed the hottest bank holiday Monday on record - 33.3C in August 2019.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Tourism businesses in south-west England have said hot weather across the bank holiday weekend had "made all the difference" and given them a real boost going into the remainder of the half-term break.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

But you, Mr. Hippanthigh, you were the high-falutin' angel with a new brass halo, out on its bank holiday.

From Plays of Near & Far by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron