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In Pictures: Sun sets on record-breaking Easter weekend

The UK enjoyed soaring temperatures.

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All four of the UK nations have recorded their warmest Easter Monday on record, the Met Office has said.

A canal boat leaves the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum after the Easter Boat Gathering
A canal boat leaves the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum after the Easter Boat Gathering (Peter Byrne/PA)
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A total of 40 boats were moored for the Gathering, which had over 2,000 visitors over the weekend (Peter Byrne/PA)
Early morning sunlight over rapeseed fields in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Neil Squires/PA)
Early morning sunlight over rapeseed fields in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Neil Squires/PA)
Queen’s Birthday salute
At Edinburgh Castle, 105 Regiment Royal Artillery fired a 21 Royal Gun Salute in honour of the Queen’s birthday (Jane Barlow/PA)
People enjoy the sunshine on the Long Walk in Windsor
People enjoy the sunshine on the Long Walk in Windsor (Steve Parsons/PA)
People enjoy the bank holiday sunshine on the beach in Broadstairs, Kent
People enjoy the bank holiday sunshine on the beach in Broadstairs, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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People enjoy the bank holiday sunshine on the beach in Broadstairs (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Hallaton hare pie scramble and bottle kicking
The traditional game of bottle-kicking, played on Easter Monday between the neighbouring villages of Hallaton and Medbourne in Leicestershire (Joe Giddens/PA)
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Brodie Tait, six, cools off in the Ross Fountain in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens (Jane Barlow/PA)
Extinction Rebellion protests
People enjoy the sun by the fountains in the Extinction Rebellion camp in Marble Arch (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
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