News in Wells

The A371 is closed between Wells and Cheddar after a burst water main made a hole in the road.

The road will be shut for the rest of today (November 10) and tomorrow between Westbury-sub-Mendip and Easton.

Season two of A Discovery of Witches, which was filmed in Wells last year, will be shown on TV in the new year.

The fantasy/romance series, which stars Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer, shot some scenes for its second season at Wells Cathedral in November last year.

Mendip District Council has confirmed that Wells Market will stay open throughout this latest lockdown.

After extensive lobbying of government by the National Association of British Market Authorities and the National Markets Federation, an approach has been secured to ensure as many stallholders as possible can continue to trade.

A master roof thatcher was brought in to a Wells housing development as one of Britain's biggest property developers constructed its first new build thatched roofed homes.

Craftsman Nigel Bunce, aged 49, has just finished two new-builds after being signed up by Bovis Homes.

A student from the Blue School in Wells has won her age group in the competition to design the company Christmas card for Glastonbury building contractors Melhuish and Saunders.

Student Eva took first prize in the category for youngsters aged between 11 and 16, and she has won a £25 shopping voucher for herself, and a £50 voucher for the school to spend on essential items.

A mum and daughter duo are planning to walk 117 miles around the boundary of the Mendip district to raise money for a charity that helps people living in a drought-stricken area of Kenya.

Emma Aitken and her 12-year-old daughter Annabel plan to walk the Mendip Ring over six days of the Easter holidays, and will be raising money for St Peter's Life-Line.

A grandmother from Wells who said she was too overweight to climb Glastonbury Tor is on top of the world after shedding seven stone - in just over a year.

Maria Govier, aged 55, struggled to stay active as unhealthy habits led her weight to creep up to more than 17 stone.

With the Government pressing ahead with its call for major change in the way public services are provided in Somerset, experts from across the region are coming together to help create a new way of delivering affordable and sustainable care for everyone.

The outcomes from this major engagement initiative will be included in the detailed Stronger Somerset proposals that will go to government in December.

Officers attended 41 reports of Covid-19 legislation breaches across the Avon and Somerset policing area from yesterday into today (November 5), both before and after the new lockdown regulations came into force.

Dedicated units supported patrolling teams to respond to incidents in a number of places including Wells.

A wood near Wells is set to close to enable safety works to be carried out on trees affected by ash dieback disease.

Vigo Woods on the Old Bristol Road in between Wells and Rookham, is maintained by Bristol Water and is the latest location to be affected by the deadly disease running rampant in ash trees across the country and beyond.