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Wiltshire in Pictures: Bank holiday fun

Sophie ParkerBBC News, Wiltshire

There has been an abundance of activities in Wiltshire as the summer holidays are still in full swing - but there was also a brief return to school for teenagers picking up GCSE results.

Across this weekend there has been plenty going on, including an open day at Salisbury fire station, and Swindon have enjoyed success on the football pitch.

There was a very special concert at Salisbury Cathedral, and a long-standing charity volunteer celebrated a magical milestone.

News imageLongleat Two hippos in the centre of the shot, appearing to be grazing in a paddock with a high fence. Behind them, the tops of trees can be seen and a small section of Longleat houseLongleat

Hippo quartet: Four new residents have been introduced to new surroundings at Longleat. Hippos Matylda, Manon, Lola and Hodor have taken their first walk beside Half Mile Pond.

News imageGetty Images A large screen shows a man playing a cathedral organ in Salisbury, his hands of the keys and sheets of music. People sit in the large cathedral behind it, enjoying the organ music, with one woman taking a picture on her phoneGetty Images

Pipe dreams: The Organ Prom at Salisbury Cathedral, played by John Challenger and David Halls, included music from films such as Star Wars and Dam Busters, but also popular classics such as Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Giacomo Puccini's Nessun Dorma.

News imageGetty Images Players from Swindon Town FC, in the club's traditional kit of white shorts and red shirts, group together as they celebrate a goal at Oldham Athletic. In the background is a grandstand with blue and white seats, most of which are emptyGetty Images

Up and running: Swindon Town recorded their first away win of the season last weekend, winning 2-1 at Oldham Athletic, and then got a last-minute winner against Shrewsbury at home on Saturday.

News imageDorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service A row of fire engines parked outside a fire station along a main road. A gathering of people is on front of one. A sunny day with blue sky.Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Fun with fire engines: Salisbury's fire engine open day had good weather to experience things like a fire engine simulator, airport crash tender and more.

News imageSwindon Borough Council Students Charlie Williams, Sam Holicka, Joanna Marciniak, Sienna Keenan, with Jon Young, Executive Principal of The Deanery Church of England Academy, and Cabinet Member for Education, Councillor Adorabelle Shaikh. They stand in a line, the students holding up their results. All are smiling at the camera. There are balloons behind them.Swindon Borough Council

The big day: thousands of GCSE results were picked up all over Wiltshire. The Deanery Church of England Academy in Wichelstowe, Swindon, were celebrating their best ever Grade 5 and above GCSE results in English and Maths.

News imageTwo people on horses in re-enactment costume. A woman rides side-saddle on a black horse in a votes for women outfit and man on a white horse wears a old green military uniform. There are white tents behind them

Time travel: The White Horse Military Show (WHMS) Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, had 1,200 reenactors and historians taking part, with displays reimagining scenes from the Napoleonic era all the way up to the Gulf Wars.

News imageSpencer Mulholland Sybil Tucker and daughter Nicola smile at the camera standing in the Stars Appeal bookshop. They are both wearing straw hats and have a branded clothing and lanyards onSpencer Mulholland

A star milestone: a long-serving volunteer for Stars Appeal, the Salisbury District Hospital charity, has celebrated her 100th birthday. Sybil Tucker has been supporting it for more 20 years and still volunteers in the bookshop with her daughter Nicola. They have raised over £65,350 for the Stars Appeal so far.

News imageWeather Watchers/Countrylad The silhouettes of several trees surround the edges of the picture, all different types of tree. They are against a pink sky.Weather Watchers/Countrylad

In the pink: the weather has provided some stunning colours, such as this pink sky captured by weather watcher Countrylad at Codford St. Mary near Warminster.

News imageSwindon Borough Council A man on stilts in a jester-type outfit coloured red, yellow and orange, holding a stick with ribbons. There is bunting and a white marquee behind him. Swindon Borough Council

Swindon summer: A month-long freefestival of activities in the town centre is finishing over the bank holiday weekend. Activities have so far included a pop-up cinema, pop-up skate park, circus workshops, bubble magic and a pop-up planetarium. 25 August will have musical performances too and the hunt to find Swindon's next town crier.

News imageA man in a conductor's uniform and yellow high-viz vest stands on the back door of a traditional routemaster red bus. He is smiling at the camera

All aboard: thousands piled onto vintage and new buses - many London routemasters - for Imberbus day. The annual event raises money for charity as the buses take people to the 'ghost' village of Imber, whose residents were evicted in World War Two.

News imageFive people - two men, three women - stand around a wooden noticeboard with a small roof above it in a park area. There is a small cupboard attached, which is painted with trees and hills.

Lagoon library: West Swindon Parish Council has started a 'free library'. A refurbished and painted cupboard has been put in by the lakeside at Peatmoor Lagoon, with a stock of books that people can take without having to pay.

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