bank holiday

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Around 6,000 people attended events in the festival's first year, a figure dwarfed now by the numbers of people set to enjoy the May bank holiday weekend music.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

However showers and possible thunderstorms will creep in from the west, ushering in a change to more unsettled conditions by the bank holiday weekend.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

It was meant to be the "first of many" celebrations for Lauren Macpherson, who had spent the August bank holiday at a music festival in London.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A day can be appointed as a bank holiday in Scotland by royal proclamation.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

The goat, or rather kid, a charming gazelle-like creature, with budding horns and broad, hard forehead, was one of my fourteen fellow passengers in a third-class carriage on a certain bank holiday Saturday.

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon