Wiltshire in Pictures: Presents and a Town legend

A statue of Swindon Town legend Don Rogers was unveiled at the County Ground on Friday
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On Friday there was a special unveiling of a statue to honour a Swindon Town legend, whose goal went down in the club's history.
Also in Swindon, dozens of volunteers gathered to wrap presents which will be sent to Ukrainian children.
And over in Chippenham, businesses have been doing their bit to champion shopping local.

Doing their bit: Dozens of volunteers gathered in Swindon on Saturday to play their part in a nationwide effort to wrap presents which will be sent to Ukrainian children for Christmas.


Small business: Hepcats Barbershop and Beauty Parlour and Café on the Corner are two of six firms in the town being filmed as part of a nationwide campaign - Small Business Saturday - celebrating the UK's 5.5 million independent businesses.

Big bugs were among visitors to a care home in Warminster.

Longleat staff took some of the smaller safari park residents to meet residents at a car home in Warminster.
Longleat on tour: before the storm, staff from Longleat took some of the smaller residents at the safari park to visit Henford House Care Home in Warminster. The selection included small furry animals, but also snakes, tarantulas and insects.

Swindon organisation Big Breakfast Plus has received a King's Award for Voluntary Service.
Breakfasts: There were big smiles this week for the hard-working volunteers of Big Breakfast Plus, which was honoured with a King's Award for Voluntary Service.
The charity serves hundreds of free breakfasts to those in need every week in Swindon.

Three departments at the RUH have had colourful makeovers.
Jungle comes to hospital: the Royal United Hospital in Bath, which serves a lot of Wiltshire, has had three departments given child-friendly refurbishments, including huge jungle murals and wall-mounted activities, thanks to the Time is Precious charity.

Westbury has got its tree up ready for the light switch-on on 7 December.
Christmas is coming: Some Christmas light events have already happened, but many towns in Wiltshire are still preparing, such as Westbury where the huge tree has gone up in anticipation of the light switch-on on 7 December.
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