内容摘要：The power outage and subsequent closure of Heathrow led to more than 270,000 journeys being affected.

The power outage and subsequent closure of Heathrow led to more than 270,000 journeys being affected.

More than 600 town criers across the UK will also take part in events and church bells will ring to mark VE Day.A beacon lighting ceremony will take place on VE Day to remember those who died in the war and commemorate the last survivors.

"I've always said the light from the beacons always represents the light of peace that emerged from the dreadful darkness of war," Mr Peek said."Let's come together, celebrate and commemorate the millions who sacrificed their lives at home and abroad, so that we enjoy the freedom we do today.The Conservatives have called for the forthcoming public inquiry into the Southport murders to consider why the police, prosecutors and government did not make public more details about the killer before his trial.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have both said the government could not have risked Axel Rudakubana walking free by ignoring advice that publishing information could have jeopardised his trial.But Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said it was likely an "information vacuum" had resulted in misinformation which "fuelled" the riots which followed the attack.

He asked why the discovery of ricin and a copy of an al-Qaeda training manual in Rudakubana's house could not have been swiftly revealed.

Cooper said the government had wanted to make public that Rudakubana had been referred to the counter-extremism programme Prevent, but could not because of legal advice.Traffic monitoring site Inrix reported at 11:00 BST that the slip road had reopened.

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for rain from 05:00 until 23:59 on Monday across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.A yellow warning for rain means some communities may be cut off by flooded roads, with possible power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses, it said.

Flood warnings have been in place on Monday for the River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst, along with the Rivers Eden and Eden Brook from Crowhurst to Penshurst.There have been flood alerts