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

Almost 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel over the bank holiday weekend, latest Home Office figures show.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Your cads in a bank holiday train and your cads on a two thousand pound motor; except for a difference in scale, there's not a pin to choose between them.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)