Additional patrols are taking place across leisure hotspots to make sure people are social distancing.

In Bedford, by the town's Embankment, two swans were seen observing the government guidelines.

Bedfordshire Police said: "The bank holiday and lovely weather may tempt some to go outside, meet up with friends or family and flout government guidance, but this is the time we need to look after each other and stay at home."

An Essex gallery posts arts and crafts tutorials online to keep families busy this Easter.

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Praise has been issued to people who are staying at home and not going to the seaside for the Easter holidays.

Image source, Ch Insp Lily Benbow

Ch Insp Lily Benbow, District Commander for Tendring in Essex, said on Twitter, external: "It feels strange to say but I was glad to see an empty seafront in Clacton today.

"Thanks for staying away."

Image source, Ch Insp Lily Benbow

Essex Police added that "what you're doing is really making a difference".

Image source, Ch Insp Lily Benbow

BBC cameras capture the emotional moment a woman meets her son after surviving coronavirus.

Tim, seven, had to cancel his party because of the coronavirus pandemic but got a big surprise.

A "dedicated clinical engineering team" at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge have built ventilators to help treat patients.

The hospital said in total 35 machines had been made and were now ready to use.

Kesgrave Kruisers says the fun contests are helping runners support each other through the crisis.

A nurse treating coronavirus patients talks of the mental "challenge" of working in intensive care.

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Police in Cambridgeshire have taken to Twitter to clarify that they are not "monitoring what people are buying from supermarkets".

The force said an earlier message was sent out "with good intentions" by an "over-exuberant officer who has been spoken to since this tweet was published".

The now-deleted tweet said when officers visited a local supermarket as part of its patrols, it was "good to see everyone was abiding by social distancing measures and the non-essential aisles were empty".

Police said: "We have had to issue a small number of fines to those who are flouting the rules. None of these have been in relation to shopping or supermarket visits."

For the third week in a row, people up and down the country showed their appreciation to carers and the NHS by clapping on their doorstep at 20:00.

Many used saucepans, but 93-year-old Derek Cubitt, from Hethersett, Norfolk, decided to play You'll Never Walk Alone on his saxophone.

Hannah Harrison, who lives close by, said: "If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye I don't know what will."

The volunteer shifts will mean extra ambulances can be deployed across Bedfordshire.

Fayaz Ayache stopped working last month but may have visited patients at home since.

Jamie Strachan is looking after twice as many people on ventilators as normal due to coronavirus.

The money will go towards providing medicine and food for those most in need in the Basildon area.

The site in Chelmsford will help the NHS "cope with the rise in deaths" in the county, authority says.

A quicker coronavirus test has begun to be rolled out, giving results in just 90 minutes.

Rahul Jagota calls on the government to do "whatever it takes" to protect care home staff.

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This is the time of year for religious celebrations.

Passover started yesterday, it's Easter this weekend - and Ramadan starts towards the end of the month.

Churches across the East are set to live-stream their Easter services because of the ban on gatherings - and social distancing rules.

You can catch services throughout Holy Week and Easter week at Peterborough Cathedral, external - and Norwich Cathedral , externalstaff will post a series of videos and podcasts.

Monsignor John Armitage, of Our Lady of Walsingham, told the BBC the shrine had 500,000 views of a re-dedication service last weekend alone.

"Our website was ready and the live stream was ready - but we weren't ready - the site crashed," he said.

"It made it the largest 'pilgrimage' in the history of the shrine - since 1061. That's quite an achievement!"

This is one of our region's many community hubs, which are helping to feed and support vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic.

The town hall in Great Yarmouth has been filled with food, donated mainly by local businesses.

It is delivered via the food bank network and directly to people who have said they are struggling to feed themselves.