Coming up this week: Paintings, clocks and balloons
A Turner painting was discovered after a restoration project last year
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There is a lot coming up in the West of England this week, from a fight over a painting to new balloon festival.
Here's our picks of what to watch out for.
Is Turner coming home?
Will Bristol manage to bring home a recently discovered JMW Turner painting? It remained unidentified for 150 years and goes under the hammer on Wednesday.
The Rising Squall features a former hot spring and spa in Bristol, as seen from the east bank of the River Avon before Clifton Suspension Bridge was built.
It'll be sold at Sotheby's auction house and is estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £300,000. A crowdfunder has raised tens of thousands so far to try to bring it to Bristol Museum.
FGR future
Could we find out who the new Forest Green Rovers manager is this week?
Steve Cotterill was sacked last week after the side failed to get promoted from the National League back to the Football League.
He had been there 18 months and guided them to third, only to lose to Southend United on penalties in the play-offs to miss out on a place in the Wembley final.
Clock back on
The clock face was added in 1815
The church clock at St Catherine's in Montacute, Somerset, is to return home this week.
It's believed to be one of the oldest working timepieces in the country and has been undergoing restoration since March.
Hot air in Swindon
It's the first time Lydiard Park has held a balloon festival
On Friday and Saturday, Swindon's Lydiard Park is holding its first ever Balloon Festival, external.
The weather is looking good for Friday especially. Gates open at 16:00 BST.
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