News in Wells

A Wells dancer, who is appearing on Dragons' Den this weekend, has described how she came away from the filming feeling "completely wonderful".

Tina Blackwill will be appearing on the show on BBC2 tomorrow (September 13) at 7pm, where she was asking for backing for her business Choreography with Tina B.

Plans to build more than 3,600 homes across Somerset could be given the go-ahead over the coming months - including a development of 90 homes in Wells.

Somerset's four district councils – Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, and South Somerset – handle thousands of planning applications every year, covering everything from major housing developments to extensions and conservatories.

Mendip District Council has backed an ambitious, innovative plan for local government reform.

In an historic vote that will impact future generations, elected Members supported the Stronger Somerset joint-proposal put forward by the county's district councils.

Somerset residents are divided over plans to move to refuse bin collections to once every three weeks.

The Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) will begin implementing its Recycle More programme in October, which will see more items are recycled weekly at the kerbside as fortnightly refuse collections move to once every three weeks.

Wells MP James Heappey says he is pleased with the Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, with the Wells Constituency enjoying the second highest amount of discounted meals in Somerset.

More than 140,000 meals were discounted as a result of the scheme in the Wells constituency, with customers able to enjoy 50 per cent off food and soft drinks, when eating in, throughout August every Monday to Wednesday.

The Post Office has confirmed to Wells Nub News that it still plans to have a branch in the city centre but there is no confirmed opening date at the moment.

A proposed move to the new Peacocks store in Wells High Street was delayed to the coronavirus crisis, but the Post Office has now reaffirmed its commitment to having a city centre branch following the closure of the Market Place site.

Avon and Somerset Police have announced that construction will be commencing on the new police station at Burcott Road, Wells, on Monday (September 14).

The new Wells Police Station will be home to the local neighbourhood policing team and will be co-located with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DFSRS) at their site on Burcott Road, alongside South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWAST).

Lorry parks could be constructed across Somerset as the Brexit transition period ends – and residents won't get a say on the matter.

The government recently announced a change in the law, allowing "temporary" lorry parks to be constructed in 29 council areas in England – including Somerset.

Wells motorists are being discouraged from idling their engines in car parks in a bid to improve air quality and residents' health.

Mendip District Council will be installing 'no idling' signs in all 51 of the car parks which it operates in a bid to change drivers' behaviour.

An application has been made to divert a public footpath near Wells as it runs directly through a barn.

A planning application for the diversion of a Public Right of Way (SM 5/41) on land at Crapnell Farm, Crapnell Lane, near Dinder, has been made to Mendip District Council by the trustees of Dinder Estate.