News in Wells

Wells student James Manning, aged 18, is riding on the crest of a wave.

With two A*s in photography and music technology, his A-level results have secured him a place at London's prestigious Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.

A student from Wells has reflected on her grades after results day and is now looking to the future.

Maranella Raso attends Strode College in Street and in her Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business achieved D* D* D*.

A new political party could soon be formed to represent the people of Somerset in the 2021 local elections.

The Somerset Independents pressure group was created by partners Andrew Pope and Denise Wyatt to "protect Somerset residents, their democratic rights, their area and families, their ways of life and their environment".

Somerset councillors are at loggerheads over whether their county should be ruled by one unitary authority or two.

Somerset County Council approved the One Somerset business case in July, which would see it and the four district councils abolished and replaced with a new unitary authority.

The work from Truespeed to connect Wells to its ultrafast broadband is scheduled to continue apace next week, with three sets of temporary traffic lights planned across the city.

On Monday (August 17) there are due to be temporary traffic lights on the B3139 Wookey Road for the company to rectify and repair remedial works.

Wells Festival of Literature will definitely take place this October.

Fans can look forward to a new version of this highly popular event. The organising committee has met all the safeguarding challenges posed by the pandemic and will be offering a new style festival.

Essential improvements can be made at Wells Blue School following an announcement by the government that it is to receive more than £540,000.

The Department for Education (DfE) announced on August 5 that funding had been set aside for a total of 580 building projects across schools in England – including academies, sixth form colleges and voluntary aided schools.

Despite it being a very different A-level results day, pupils at Wells Cathedral School had much to celebrate today (August 13).

The overall pass rate was 99.6 per cent, the highest pass rate at the school in 15 years. Almost two-thirds achieved grades A* to B, 40 per cent achieved grades A* to A (compared to a national average figure of 27.9 per cent) and 16 per cent gained the top A* grade.

Amidst the exceptional situation that this year has created, at the Blue School in Wells staff are very proud of the students for the results they have received today (August 13) in their A-levels and BTECs.

The vast majority of the students have achieved their first choice university place or are able to embark upon their chosen career path.

The hottest roadside temperature in Somerset yesterday (August 12) was a staggering 52.1C, recorded at Pen Hill near Wells.

Information from Somerset County Council roadside weather stations recorded the figure at 3pm on the A39, which runs past the Pen Hill Mast on the Mendip Hills.