News in Wells

Dulcote Recycling Centre will go over to its winter timetable from Thursday October 1, with weekday opening hours of 9am to 5pm while weekends remain 9am to 4pm.

Summer hours - 9am to 6pm when sites are open weekdays, 9am to 4pm weekends - resume on Thursday April 1 2021.

In collaboration with Wells Cathedral, the Diocese of Bath and Wells is holding an online service to remember all those who have died during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Led by Bishop Ruth and the Dean of Wells, families of the bereaved are invited to send in names of those whom they mourn, and candles will be lit and their names are read out.

Temporary traffic lights are planned at the junction of the B3139 Bath Road and Churchill Road in Wells next week.

The multi-way lights are scheduled to be in place from Thursday (September 24) to September 30, and will also be in place where Churchill Road meets Churchill Road East, Hervey Road and Sealey Crescent.

Plans to build a tractor sales centre near a "dangerous junction" on the "Mendip Expressway" in Green Ore have been thrown out.

C Smart Agricultural Services Ltd has been dealing John Deere tractors and farm machinery since 1998, with existing bases in Cheddar, Dorchester and Nether Stowey.

The Morrisons supermarket in Wells is to undergo a deep-clean as part of the chain's bid to increase hygiene standards in its shops.

Morrisons says that its new programme will see every one of its 494 stores receive a three-week deep-clean, new equipment, and additional cleaning staff.

Plans have been submitted to Mendip District Council for the conversion of a former mortuary in Wells into a one-bedroom home.

A planning application for the conversion of the Old Mortuary to single-storey one-bedroom dwelling for use as almshouse at Bubwith Almshouses, Priest Row, Wells, has been submitted by Althea Howard on behalf of the City of Wells Almshouses.

Wells WI September 2020 meeting report.

Wells WI met on Zoom again this month.

A new record has been set for running the Mendip Way, a 50-mile route that passes through Wells and the surrounding villages.

Earlier this month, Tom Abrahams ran the route in nine hours, 20 minutes and 44 seconds, taking the record for the Fastest Known Time (FKT) for completing the route supported by others.

An introduction to a new era in Mendip recycling is about to land on doormats in Wells.

Get ready for Recycle More leaflets are being delivered this week, outlining Somerset Waste Partnership's expanded recycling service which launches at the end of October.

Temporary traffic lights are scheduled to be used on the A371 just outside of Wells this week.

The lights are set to be in place between Wells and Haybridge from Monday (September 14) to Friday (September 18).