News in Wells

Date: 06.10.2018
Time: 18:43
Location: High Street, Wookey, Wells

One fire appliance from Wells was sent to a report of a chimney on fire in a property at the above location.
Crews dealt with the fire from the hearth and used chimney gear to extinguish it.  

A 32-year-old man has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from certain areas of Wells and Glastonbury.

This follows numerous reports of Darbo behaving in an anti-social way, including street drinking and nuisance behaviour, within the Mendip area over a long period of time, according to Avon and Somerset Police.

 

GP services in Wells are likely to be expanded as more houses are built in the city and the number of patients increases.

Addressing a meeting of Wells City Council on September 27, he said that the current provision was more or less sufficient for current needs.

MORE than 100 people attended the Wells in Bloom awards evening at the Town Hall on September 20.

"One of my dreams when I became a councillor was to join Wells in Bloom because it is so worthwhile and does such a good job for our city," she said.

She presented a special Mayoral Award to Jenny Jones who has been a volunteer with Wells in Bloom for 17 years and is now retiring from the post of Schools Competition Secretary.

MORE than 15,000 people are expected at what will be the sixth Wells Food Festival, taking place on Sunday, October 14, from 10am to 4pm.

For the first time, The Royal Bath & West of England Society will have a Farmyard Area at the festival.

Chief executive Rupert Cox said: "We hope the visiting public will be able to participate, not just spectate.

ARTWORKS spanning painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation and video will be on display when the Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) exhibition opens at The Bishop's Palace in October.

The exhibition runs from October 6-21.

Concessionary rates will apply to entrants to view WAC after 4.

30pm, and students will be admitted free, with ID.

THE largest and most prestigious studio for stained glass in the country is moving into an old mill building in Wells.

With a dedicated team ranging from apprentices to people with more than 30 years' experience, the company is relocating from Lovers Walk to the more spacious former premises of Wells Trading Post in West Street.

THE new music wells 78-18 celebration of music will take place from October 12-18.

She will be in conversation with fellow composer Michael Berkeley on Wednesday, October 17, in Quilter Hall (Wells Cathedral School), and will give a public composition masterclass in Cedars Hall on the afternoon of October 18.

Admission to all these events is free.

THE Somerset Poppies, a remembrance event involving nearly 4,000 children, takes place this November at The Bishop's Palace, Wells.

The poignant and moving display will be free to view between November 11 and 25, and poppies are available for sale, to pre-order for £5, at www.

somersetpoppies.

co.

uk Dan Vidler, a teacher at Coxley School, who is organising the project, believes that children of all ages should have the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of remembrance through participation, reflection and research.

He said: "Wearing a poppy each November is important, but for many children, that's where their involvement ends.

AN eclectic line up of authors at the 26th Wells Festival of Literature includes Max Hastings talking about Vietnam and Ed Stourton on the BBC during the Second World War.

Shrabani Basu wrote the book behind the successful TV production of Victoria and Abdul, and John Preston penned the scandal of Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott.

Bishop Peter Price will talk on Conflict Resolution and John Gray on Seven Types of Atheism.

In the 200th anniversary year of Women's Emancipation, Lara Feigel tells the story of Doris Lessing, one of the first 'Free Women', and Anne de Courcy talks about the invasion of 'Husband Hunters' from America.