Easter 2012

Services have been held across the Central region to mark Easter Sunday.

More than 700 Christians took communion at Hereford Cathedral where the Bishop told Central News the Easter message still sends out hope in difficult times.

The Dean of Hereford gives Easter eggs as the congregation leaves Hereford Cathedral.

700 people took communion to celebrate the Resurrection on Easter Day.

The Bishop of Hereford told ITV News that Easter offers hope for all of us in difficult times.

Four services are being held here today.

Shops and supermarkets are closed across the Midlands to mark Easter Sunday

Easter services are being held around the world, including Pope Benedict XVI conducting the Easter ceremony at the Vatican to celebrations in Lahore and Cuba.

Read more here: http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-04-07/easter-around-the-world/

Around ten thousand people packed into the centre of Leicester earlier for a Good Friday reinactment of the Easter story.

Christ in the Centre is now in its tenth year.

ITV Central News went along for a look and spoke to the organiser to find out more.