Among the highlights are the opening day of Newmarket's Craven meeting on Wednesday, 13 April and the Easter Day fixture at Sandown Park on Sunday, 24 April.

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Easter Sunday has been confirmed as the coldest Easter day on record, with the lowest temperature recorded as -12.5C in Braemar, in the Scottish Highlands .

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Hibs can no longer catch third-placed Motherwell, who visit Easter Road on the final day of the season.

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British Airways cabin crew have also talked of striking on the same day and over the Easter period.

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We wanted to make a game to create special things for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter and so on.

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The return of Easter to MK Dons came on the same day that the midfielder Jordi Lopez has had his contract at the Swans cancelled by mutual consent.

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He was planning to unveil the footage before a group of reporters at the National Press Club, in Washington, on April 5th, the morning after Easter, presumably a slow news day.

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The holiday of Maslyana usually falls on the last week before the 40-day long fast that precedes Easter.

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Father's Day ranks fifth on the holiday spending scale, falling just behind Easter.

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