EVERYTHING from Euro 2016 and the Olympics to the Queen's 90th birthday and World War II heroes will be celebrated when a village holds a ten day parish festival which starts on Saturday.

Bishops Cannings wants to bring old fashioned fun and community spirit back to its neighbourhood and has recruited the village school, church, farmers and businesses to make it a success.

Organiser Elizabeth Frearson said: "After an enormously successful festival two years ago, we are at it again, this time with an Olympics theme. Over the space of ten days between June 17th and June 26th there are sixteen different events where everyone is welcome to come along, meet other people, be entertained and enjoy themselves.

"There really is something for everyone. We wanted to create a programme of events so that everyone could get together, get to know more people and have fun and allowed people to put on events to support their favourite charity."

She said that for families there is a barn dance with local favourites Cartwheel, an Open Farm Sunday with a Queen’s 90th Birthday Tea, a mini music festival and a Have A Go Olympics.

For those who want to party there is the opening ceremony dinner and dance complete with Brazilian cocktails, samba dancers and fireworks and a race night with some prizes that include tickets to Ascot, a ride in a balloon and dinner at the Crown Inn, Bishops Cannings.

For the sporty there is a football tournament, cricket match and skittles. There will also be lectures on Bishops Cannings in World War II by museum Director David Dawson and a trip down memory lane by local historian Eric Clark and a chance to get a taste of bridge with local expert Andy Hill.

Bishops Cannings is historically associated with singing and bell ringing so the festival includes a quarter peal attempt on the oldest set of bells cast at the same time, 1602, in any tower in the United Kingdom.

A young people’s concert will feature choirs from the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, the church choir and the Bishops Cannings school choir in St Mary’s Church and a festival Songs of Praise with hymn requests on the day.

Mrs Frearson said: "Local farmers are most kindly providing local produce for the events including a whole pig for the Hog Roast from local campaigner for British Food, Cameron Naughton from West End Farm, and home produced burgers and sausages from Jonny and Rachael Rider’s organic dairy farm at Horton.

"The Festival is supporting a whole raft of local organisations and selected charities including: Bishops Cannings School, Bishops Cannings Pre-School, St Mary’s Church, the Village Hall, Coate Fireworks Association, United Through Sport Charity and Julia’s House."

To raise funds for the Gazette's Julia’s House appeal the festival is challenging local businesses to get from Bishops Cannings to Rio in time for the Olympics via static bikes. Organisations are invited to pit themselves against each other in the 24 challenge to see who can put on the most miles and raise the most money for the charity which is opening a new hospice in Devizes.

For more information go to bcpf.moonfruit.com.