In pictures: Festivals in the sun and T20 victories

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Alastair Brookes Two women on stage in a marquee raise their arms as flames shoot up on the first day of Love Saves The Day. A large crowd inside the marquee can be seen illuminated in the flames — Thousands of fans made their way to Ashton Court on the edge of Bristol for Love Saves The Day

It doesn't always happen, but the sun has arrived just in time for this bank holiday weekend and the many events taking place in the West.

Festivals such as Shindig and Love Saves The Day have drawn large crowds. But plenty of things have been going on away from the music and lights.

This week volunteers have been busy knitting pairs of hearts to offer comfort for hospital patients at the end of life.

A hospice benefited from a £10,000 gift after a fundraiser's epic walk.

And 50,000 children have now been trained to ride a bike safely in Wiltshire.

Here is a round-up of pictures from across the region.

Bristol

Alastair Brookes A large crowd of young people cheer and wave their arms while facing a stage inside a marquee. The photograph is taken from the back of the crowd looking towards the stage where a DJ in a cowboy hat has their arms raised.

Arms up: Day one of Love Saves The Day saw thousands of music fans heading to Ashton Court to party.

Getty Images A group of cricket fans sit watching a match in Bristol under a large mural showing three former Gloucestershire players. From the left are painted Courtney Walsh, David Payne and Mike Procter.

What a night: Gloucestershire fans saw their team record a victory in their Vitality Blast on Friday, beating Warwickshire.

Bristol and Weston Hospitals Charity Two elderly women are sitting on a long lime-green bench and knitting. Both are looking very concentrated through their glasses. There is a table in front of them with a small wicker basket with several balls of different-coloured wool, and a crocheted blanket in pink and purple.

Healing stitches: Volunteers have been knitting pairs of hearts for Bristol and Weston Hospitals Charity. One heart stays with a patient when they die, and the other is given to a loved one.

One relative said she was "brought to tears" and it gave her "enormous comfort" to be able to "hold on to a piece of her husband's heart forever".

Upfest A woman is working on a mural featuring Sir David Attenborough and an owl. She is standing on a blue platform. She has black hair and is wearing a grey jumper and red body bag.

Finishing touches: Europe's largest street art festival – Upfest in Bristol which runs until 31 May – has transformed the city into a giant "open-air gallery". There are 150 new murals, including one to mark Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.

Wiltshire

Shinding Festival A man and a woman pose for the camera at the Shindig Festival, each of them holding a parasol to keep off the sun. She is wearing a red patterned crop top, a large red necklace and sunglasses. He is wearing a black hat and no top.

Seeking shade: While the sun was preferable to showers at the Shindig Festival, ticket holders kept cool under the trees or parasols. The sun is forecast to keep shining for the event, which finishes on Sunday.

Salisbury Hospice A man holding a large cheque, made out to Salisbury Hospice charity for £10,304. He is smiling widely at the camera.

Best foot forward: After an epic 650-mile fundraising walk on the South West Coast Path, James Hirst has reached the end of his challenge. He visited Salisbury Hospice this week to present a cheque for £10,000 to the charity that cared for his mum, Nikee, in her dying days.

BBC Weather Watchers/David E A brown spaniel running through long green grass with a ball in its mouth.

Costa del Wiltshire: Thank you to Weather Watcher David E for this picture from Bradford-on-Avon this week.

Warminster Town Council Two people wearing medals and smiling widely at the camera. One is a young man and the other is an older woman.

Voted in: Warminster Town Council's youngest ever mayor is now in office after Jack Jones, 36, was unanimously elected for the post, as well as chairman of the council. Councillor Elizabeth Lee was made vice chairman and deputy town mayor.

Somerset

That winning feeling: Somerset got their Vitality Blast campaign under way with a victory under the floodlights against the Hampshire Hawks at Taunton on Friday.

Wookey Hole A bluish light display projected onto a huge rock in a cave with a visitor to the attraction taking a photo in the foreground.

Legends and limestone: Wookey Hole Caves has launched an immersive experience to showcase the story of the Witch of Wookey Hole, millions of years of geology and the spirit of exploration beneath the Mendip Hills.

Luke Minett Female netball players, some in blue kits and some in light green kits, jostle for position as one prepares to throw the ball. There are banks of spectators in the background in the indoor arena.

Shooting stars: Team Bath Netball finished their 2026 NXT Gen League home campaign in fine style as they beat Cardiff-based LexisNexis Dragons in front of a large and appreciative crowd.

Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Borough Council Steve, a middle-aged man, smiling to camera in a purple graduation gown over a light blue shirt and dark jacket. There is a landscaped public garden behind him and a row of trees in the distance.

High honour: Steve Cotterill accepted the Freedom of the Borough of Cheltenham this week. A petition for the town's football club manager to receive the award had gained more than 1,300 signatures.

Weather Watcher/Feral Days A beautiful scene of a countryside landscape with wild purple flowers in the foreground and greenery stretching far back into the distance with a small hill on the horizon and a blue sky with wispy clouds.

Summer's coming: As the temperatures started to climb this week, one of our weather watchers captured this beautiful image at Brookthorpe.

Ben Birchall/PA Wire A man in a blue and red Superman costume tumbling sideways down a grassy hill. His legs and arms are stretched out wide and he is wearing a focused expression.

Super cheese: Hundreds are preparing to chase a 3.5kg wheel of Double Gloucester down the steep hill near Brockworth on bank holiday Monday, as this competitor did last year. Let's hope they have sun lotion on hand!

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