News in Wells

Edgar Wright, the former Wells Blue School student who famous directed and shot the cult movie Hot Fuzz in the city, has signed Game of Thrones star Dame Diana Rigg for his new movie.

Wright is currently working on Last Night In Soho, a psychological thriller film, and shooting has recently started in central London.

A THEATRE producer from Wells will bring the critically acclaimed play Soldier On to her home city as part of the Wells Theatre Festival in July, straight from two sell-out seasons in London's West End and a national tour.

The cast is made up of army veterans performing alongside professional actors, bringing their own experiences of recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Through a mix of storytelling, music and dance, the play explores what really happens when military personnel leave the army.

STAFF at the Dulcote Recycling Centre near Wells were praised at the most recent PACT (Partners and Communities Together) meeting.

Mendip District Council enforcement officer Ian Glover agreed, saying: "Dulcote tip is the friendliest out of any in the Mendips.

It's the best one in the area.

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NEARLY 7,000 comedy fans packed shows at all six venues at this year's Wells Comedy Festival.

A total of 6,954 tickets were sold for nearly 70 shows that took place in Wells Little Theatre (main house and rehearsal room), Cedars Hall, Tramways, The White Hart and The Venue.

WELLS Neighbourhood Watch is launching a major drive to increase its coverage of the city's residential areas.

As part of the new initiative, a Wells Neighbourhood Watch public meeting is being held on Tuesday, July 9, at Wells Little Theatre in Chamberlain Street, starting at 7.

30pm.

Everyone is welcome to attend to listen and to have their say, and there will also be a guest speaker, retired police dog handler Pete Chaplin.

PUBLIC consultation on a series of options to change the way the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service operates in the future will open on Monday, July 1.

Councillor Sara Randall-Johnson, chair of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority, said: "We, as members, want to know more and the only way to do that is to go out to the public and give everyone an opportunity to come forward with their ideas.

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A Wells songwriting duo are performing at this year's Glastonbury Festival following the release of a successful single earlier in 2019 that used video selfies of real people up and down the country singing the song's title, Harmonise, into their phones.

Lorraine and Jeremy Millington, a.k.a The Portraits, whose 2017 tribute song for Jo Cox MP was championed by Clare Balding on BBC Radio 2, put out an appeal on social media for the public to contribute to the new song, a call for unity during these troubled times, and were inundated with entries.

"It's ill thought-out and needs to be stopped," said one councillor

Former Scaffold member and ex-GP to take part in event

An opportunity has arisen for children to continue drumming lessons during the summer holiday or for a one off lessons in Wells.

Lessons are being offered for late afternoon/evening sessions with slot times starting from 3.30pm to 7.30pm.