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Gloucestershire in pictures: Fireworks and Pudsey Bear

Georgia EadieGloucestershire
News imageJack Boskett Pink, white and purple fireworks light up the dark sky behind Tewkesbury Abbey which is also lit up. The image is taken from ground level. Jack Boskett

This week fireworks displays have taken place across Gloucestershire.

The sky was lit up with colour and sparkles as fireworks exploded over the 900 year-old Tewkesbury Abbey during an early bonfire night.

Meanwhile, BBC Gloucestershire got their BBC Children in Need fundraising under way with two presenters completing a three-legged challenge.

News imageHistoric England One of Gloucester's oldest medieval buildings lit up with Gloucester Cathedral in the backgroundHistoric England

St Oswald's Priory was lit up to mark being taken off the Heritage at Risk Register by Historic England.

Built around 900 AD, the priory is one of Gloucester's oldest medieval buildings.

News imageA group of people are sat in an row as part of an audience in full Halloween costumes including a witch and a knight. They are posing for the camera.

Cirencester History Festival embraced Halloween with local legends Daisy May and Charlie Cooper.

A live screening of their latest BBC Programme Nightwatch was followed by a Q&A to an audience in full costume.

News imageA group of school children are gathered at Kingsholm stadium. They are waving purple branded BBC Gloucestershire flags and Pudsey the bear is in the background of the huddle.

The Thousand Mile Challenge for BBC Children in Need got under way on Tuesday.

BBC Gloucestershire presenters Jon Smith and Nicky Price joined BBC local radio stations across the country attempting to walk three-legged with various guests over two days.

Children from Kingsholm CofE primary school turned up to cheer on Jon and Nicky and meet Pudsey the bear.

News imagePaul Sutton A stunning photo of a stretch of canal in Stroud with colourful Autumn leaves reflected off the water and a boat on its side on the canal bankPaul Sutton

The project to reinstate the "missing mile" of the Stroudwater Navigation has received £6.4m of lottery funding.

Part of the canal was destroyed when the M5 motorway was built in the 1960s.

Work to take the canal under the motorway and reconnect with the UK waterways network is set to begin early next year.

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