News in Wells

SOMERSET'S first food trail event, Taste the Landscape, will take place this July, with dozens of food producers opening their doors to the public.

Participants range from goat herders, cider makers and dairy farmers to cheesemakers, pubs, vineyards, artisan bakers and vegetable growers.

TWO women will be bringing sauerkraut to the masses at this year's Wells Food Festival when they set their sights on a new Guinness World Record.

The world record challenge will see hundreds of helpers chopping up 350 cabbages, which will be salted with 7kg of salt, tamped down into large vats, and left to bacterially ferment for at least a week.

THE Bishop's Palace in Wells will host a stunning new sculpture trail in the gardens surrounding the medieval buildings this autumn.

Human Nature will celebrate the qualities that characterise and define humankind.

THE ambitious Wells in Mosaic project has launched its website.

"We are delighted to have supported the project since its inception," said Livvy.

FOR all you festival fans out there, here's a competition you won't want to miss.

The closing date is noon on Tuesday, July 31, after which a winner will be chosen.

A NEW couple have taken over the running of Strangers With Coffee in St Cuthbert Street, Wells.

"We are proud to be part of the evolution of the Wells institution that is Strangers With Coffee," said Jerry.

THE organisers of Wells Theatre Festival are looking for volunteers to help run the event.

In return for their support, volunteers can attend performances for free and be in with a good chance of meeting many of the performers, including internationally acclaimed mind reader Colin Cloud, who will be bringing his sell out show to the festival.

COMPANY boss Nick Shutts is delighted to be back in Wells with a shop in the same location that he had one once before.

The Grape Tree health food brand has been launched by entrepreneur Nick and partner Nigel Morris, who together built the Julian Graves health food brand of 350 stores.

WELLS will be welcoming several international youth ensembles to perform a number of free concerts around the city at the inaugural WOWFest: Wells Orchestral Weekend in July.

The festival will open with a ceremony at the Cathedral.

It will include a short introduction from patron Charles Hazlewood and a joint performance of the March from Arthur Bliss's orchestral suite Things to Come.

The music tells the story of Bliss's vision of the lead up to the Second World War, and the performance will feature some of the finest young musicians from the UK and Germany perform together in harmony.

A brownie from North Petherton has won a poster competition, with a design encouraging more people to consider fostering in Somerset.

Cllr Frances Nicholson said: "I'd like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Grace for her winning artwork and to all the young people across Somerset who took part in the competition; we had many fantastic entries. It is so encouraging to see young people embracing the idea of 'helping others in their community'. We hope others will be inspired to support 'Fostering in Somerset' in the same way."