1. The roads are always busy on bank holidays.

2. Available on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays, the concession is available on most InterCity trains in and out of London.

3. The museum is open every day except winter bank holidays - afternoons only during weekends.

4. No pay was given for Bank Holidays, with the result that it took weeks to recover from the loss of income.

5. Even 50 different speed limits, bank holidays, fireworks laws are defensible.

6. The bank holidays include May Day.

7. British bank holidays have been recognized since 1871.

8. What happens when bank holidays fall on a weekend?

9. While Bank Holidays were traditionally a time when people looked to get on with home improvements, a study indicates that people would rather employ someone else to do the work.

10. You'll be paid higher rates if you work bank holidays, and you're also likely get a staff discount, so you can save on your Christmas spending.

11. Anyone who works on Bank Holidays usually gets paid extra "timeandahalf" or even "double time," negotiated for them by the Trades Unions.

12. Hayes spoke about the history of bank holidays, but seemed to have borrowed extensive chunks, with mild paraphrasing, from a Wikipedia article about bank holidays.

13. A plethora of annual Bank Holidays also exist across Europe.

14. But what is the origin of our bank holidays and what do they tell us about the UK?

15. In Britain, official public holidays are also called "bank holidays".

16. For example, Monday clinics are prone to develop a backlog owing to bank holidays and statutory holidays.

17. But workers were encouraged to stay on bench after hours, at weekends and bank holidays as part of the war effort.

18. For the hotel and catering industry split duties, weekends, Christmas, Easter and bank holidays are normal working periods.

19. The mill can be seen working at weekends and bank holidays in the summer months.

20. It's fine walking country in any weather, though it's probably best avoided on Bank Holidays and summer Sundays.

21. The music halls,(sentence dictionary) professional football and the noisy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on bank holidays were all attacked.

22. The museum is on Matlock Road and is open at weekends and bank holidays throughout the year and some weekdays in summer.

23. Fitch's decision was announced after the markets in Europe closed, so traders will have their first chance tomorrow to react, although London and New York will be sidelined by bank holidays.

24. "Banks are busiest during lunchtimes, particularly on the Friday prior to bank holidays and just before closing time, " says the British Bankers' Association.

25. Customs working hours from Mon to Sun, 24 hours run excepting bank holidays.

26. While there was probably some disruption caused by the bank holidays, there is little doubt that the UK economy is fairly anemic at this stage of the recovery.

27. The theory is that post-holiday blues combined with the end of the summer and no more bank holidays until Christmas conspire together to make August 30 the day tempers will fray .

28. Not much help, say employers, who are pressing to cut bank holidays and annual leave instead.

29. For example, you might close a sales application on Thanksgiving and Christmas in the USA and close it for bank holidays in Great Britain.

30. In William Kirk's case, "I get 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays (another 8 days), plus paid sick leave."