Milton Keynes City Council have revealed a high demand for a free events and food programme for kids during the upcoming Easter holidays.

The City Council revealed that within the first 24 hours of reservations going live, almost 2,000 eligible families had booked a place for their child.

The demand means that over 70% of the 7,500 individual sessions funded by the City Council are now filled.

Between April 7th and 10th, indoor and outside activities will be on offer, from egg hunts to adventure golf, team sports and baking. There’s even the opportunity to visit Gulliver’s Land, Wicksteed Park or Petite Ponies, where children can spend time with a variety of animals.

The City Council stated that they works with activity providers to make them as accessible as possible and a third of children attending have additional needs.

Eligible families can browse the programme and contact their chosen providers via the online booking system on the Milton Keynes City Council website. Most activities run for around four hours and include nutritious, healthy meals. All providers will be able to cater their events for young people with special educational needs or disabilities.

The City Council is working with 30 local clubs, schools, charities and organisations to provide the activities alongside events offered by its own Children and Family Centres and Music Hub.

Councillor Joe Hearnshaw, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said, “Our Easter programme has proven to be extremely popular with families this year and there’s something for children of all ages. We want to help families who might be struggling over the school holidays and have worked closely with local providers to develop safe and engaging sessions for our young people. Our online booking system makes it easy for eligible children to get involved so please do take a look.”

Northampton picked up a first win in 4 games after they defeated play-off hopefuls Leyton Orient 2-1 in East London.

First half goals by Tyler Roberts and Cameron McGeehan ultimately decided the contest in favour of Kevin Nolan’s side.

Although the hosts got a goal back through Charlie Kelman, Northampton held out to take the three points, in the process condemning their hosts to a fifth straight League One defeat.

Success at Brisbane Road took Northampton up to 17th place in the third tier table. With ten games of the season to go, they now sit 8 points clear of the third tier relegation zone.

Northampton made a bright start on their visit to Leyton Orient and after Roberts had come close with one effort, the man on loan from Birmingham would break the deadlock. The striker met Terry Taylor’s corner and duly placed a header into the back of the net.

An even first half saw both sides create opportunities. Northampton’s best opportunities saw Roberts have a shot deflected wide and Taylor saw a long-ranger saved by home goalkeeper Josh Keeley, while the hosts saw Randell Williams hit the crossbar and Dan Agyei hit the post with Lee Burge beaten.

In the final minute of regular time in the first half, Northampton were presented and duly capitalised on an opportunity for a second goal. A miscontrol by Jack Simpson saw the ball run for McGeehan, who duly beat Keeley to give the Cobblers a 2-0 half-time lead.

Things could’ve got better for Northampton and worse for Leyton Orient after the break, as Taylor and McGeehan came close with efforts.

But Leyton Orient did pull a goal back on the hour mark, with Kelman receiving Agyei’s flick-on and beating Burge with the shot to make it 2-1.

Despite having half an hour and six minutes of stoppage time, however, Leyton Orient couldn’t force a major opportunity to score again, allowing Northampton to eke out a big three points in their quest to achieve a third straight League One season.

MK Dons’ Interim Head Coach Ben Gladwin said he was pleased and relieved to see his side beat Morecambe.

The Dons’ caretaker won for the first time after stepping into Scott Lindsey’s shoes, with his side initially falling behind to Lee Angol’s opener before Luke Offord and Danilo Orsi goals turned the game in their favour.

Gladwin admitted he was disappointed to concede first, but said there was a sense of relief the team could turn things around to grab a first win in seven outings.

He said, “I went in at half-time a little bit grumpy in all honesty because we played so well until the penalty happened. I probably misread the situation because I thought the players weren’t very energised and I was, even when we were losing, but it’s just that anxiety. When you lose that many games in a row, it’s normal.

“I think relief is the overriding feeling and gratitude on my part for everybody involved. Obviously, I’m pleased just to get the win.”

Gladwin elaborated further that the game was a challenging one but felt the team demonstrated positive qualities to build on.

He said, “We’ve overcome a lot today. We’ve shown we can come from behind and shown so many things. We’ll review it, like every game, to see what we did well and not so well then try to learn and improve from it.”

The result was the Dons’ first win in seven games, and Gladwin said he was pleased with the base performance alongside the victory.

He said, “The performance is the most important thing to me. We won, which for everyone externally and myself, is important, but it’s the way we did it that made me really proud because I know how to judge that performance. I know how to review it say which were the good and bad bits. The fact they took on bits of information us as a coaching staff gave and they implemented them so well makes it much easier for us to review and improve for next week.”

The team had five alterations from a midweek defeat at Accrington Stanley, with Gladwin saying a challenge was narrowing down who to pick.

He said, “We’ve got a lot of players and unfortunately, you’re spoiled for choice. It makes it so hard for coaching staff to pick a team and it’s really tough to leave players out because you form a connection with everybody. That’s probably been the toughest part of the job to be honest but we found a freshness and a good solution.

“Everybody will play their part and everybody is so important.”

After two games without having a shot on target, Gladwin said he felt pleased the team showed a more positive side.

He said, “We set the players a target of how many shots we wanted them to have in the first 15 minutes – probably slightly unrealistic but it’s like a sign of the mentality we wanted to show to step forward, be aggressive and show our teeth a lot. Teams have come after us a lot and we’ve probably not hurt them as much as we should’ve. I think we got the balance good today and I’m really proud.”

Luton Town endured a miserable afternoon as they were beaten 4-0 by Burnley at Turf Moor.

In a clash between two sides relegated from last season’s Premier League, things went wrong for Luton early on when they were reduced to ten men after Kal Naismith picked up two quick yellow cards and was dismissed with less than 20 minutes gone.

Mark McGuinness’ own goal put the Clarets in front, before Lyle Foster, Josh Brownhill and Ashley Barnes scored the goals to complete a big victory for Scott Parker’s side.

Luton dropped a place to 23rd in the table and are five points from safety ahead of a big game on Tuesday night against Cardiff City, who sit in the spot immediately above the relegation zone.

The prospect of a trip to Turf Moor had looked daunting for Luton, with the Clarets unbeaten at home so far this season and having only conceded 10 league goals all season.

But the mission for Matt Bloomfield’s side became even more difficult when they were reduced to ten men after 19 minutes.

Naismith had already earned one yellow card when a clip on Brownhill was enough to earn a second booking and mean his side had to face the remaining 70 minutes with ten players.

The Hatters initially held out for ten minutes after the red, but they fell a goal down on the half-hour mark as McGuinness, who’d been brought in a post-red reshuffle, turned Connor Roberts’ cross into his own net.

Burnley duly continued to press and the hosts made it 2-0 nine minutes later, with Jaidon Anthony’s low cross turned in by Foster from close range.

A third goal for the hosts came in the opening eight minutes of the second half, as Marcus Edwards was able to pull the back for Brownhill to fire past Thomas Kaminski. Luton felt en masse that Edwards had failed to keep the ball in play, but the officials deemed he had done so and the goal stood.

Substitute Jacob Brown would come close to a consolation for Luton with a strike denied by Jacob Brown just after coming off the bench, while the hosts came close to more as Brownhill and Josh Laurent missed the target.

Burnley ultimately would grab a fourth in stoppage time at the end of the game, as Barnes rifled home Laurent’s cross from close range.

The result added to a season of miserable displays for Luton on the road, as they failed to add to a total of just five points from away games so far this season.