The week in pictures - June 24-29

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SUNDAY - The Bristol-built Matthew sailed into the docks after a busy four months away including an appearance at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames

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SUNDAY - This line-up of famous comedians took to the stage at Colston Hall to raise money for the city's Slapstick Festival

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SUNDAY - we began the week holding our heads in our hands as thousands of Bristolians watched as England again crashed out of a major tournament on penalties

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MONDAY - The death was announced of Bristol artist Mary Fedden

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TUESDAY - The call for railings to be put up along the dockside in front of M Shed continued to cause controversy

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TUESDAY - we revealed that world record holder Usain Bolt could be heading for Bristol after he appears at the London Olympics

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WEDNESDAY - Bristol MP Kerry McCarthy called for a march through Bristol by the EDL to be banned

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WEDNESDAY - plans to expand Cribbs Causeway by almost two-thirds have been unveiled

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THURSDAY - councils in the Bristol area are to spend almost £41 million persuading drivers to get out of their cars

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THURSDAY - this is Hengrove teenager Mitchell Hodges who flies out to Chicago on Sunday in the hope of retaining his crown as a world champion Irish dancer

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THURSDAY - Lorna Perks from Ashley Down is on the shortlist to win a national business competition for her invention of a pill dispenser

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FRIDAY - King and Queen of Ping with Bristol City and Bristol Rovers Mascots launch Ping at M Shed