News in Wells

Liberal Democrat Virginia Lois Rogers has won the Wells Central seat in the Mendip District Council 2019 elections, getting more than double the votes of the former representative Conservative John North.

With a 46.2 per cent turnout, the Lib Dem received 500 votes, to the Conservative's 247, with the Labour Party's Gill Pettitt getting 63 votes.

Peter Butler believes the challenge played a key role in his recovery

Launching at the upcoming 818th Wells May Charter Fair, Charles Heal and Sons Big Shows by local authors Richard Green and Guy Belshaw deals with the former Glastonbury businessman, philanthropist and showman who did so much charity work at his fairs.

This included during WW1 raising enough funds to purchase an ambulance for the St John's Brigade and during WW2, he and his fellow showmen purchased a Spitfire, while locally for Wells he held many benefit nights for the extension to the former Wells Cottage Hospital.

A new website has launched to serve the city of Wells with hyper-local news and what's on - but without any annoying advertising.

Wells Nub News - which can be found at the website address https://wells.nub.news/ - is an online newspaper solely for Wells and the surrounding area. We are hyper-local so our articles are about what's important for the city.

AVON and Somerset Police's Major Crime Investigation Team continues to make enquiries into the death of Jonathan Roper.

A forensic post-mortem examination has since determined the cause of death was a stab wound.

THE owners of the King's Head in Wells High Street are hoping that the pub can be reopened.

A spokesperson from Star Pubs & Bars said: "The King's Head, Wells, is in need of refurbishment and we want to invest in it to create a great pub for the local community, retaining the traditional features and character of this beautiful building whilst creating new areas for coffee, dining, with an emphasis on locally sourced food, and a beautiful courtyard garden.

WELLS City Council will have a new look after the local elections as seven of the previous 16 councillors are not standing for re-election to the city council.

The local elections take place on Thursday, May 2.

In this area, voters will be electing councillors for Wells City Council and Mendip District Council.

WELLS Art Contemporary (WAC) is holding its exclusive international exhibition of shortlisted works of art at Wells Cathedral from July 20 to August 11.

The WAC exhibition is part of the Cathedral's policy of social and community engagement and is set to be a key part of the calendar.

It will take place during the summer period when Wells is at its busiest, with more than 20,000 people expected to visit the Cathedral.

LOCAL cake artist Zoë Burmester is one of the cake designers soon to be seen on Channel 4's Extreme Cake Makers.

Some of the filming took place in the Bishop's Barn, Wells, featuring a swan lantern cake that Zoe made after being commissioned for the Wake Up Wells Lantern Parade earlier this year.

THE Wells Theatre Festival, which will present another exciting programme of theatre and performance art this summer, has announced the casting for this year's community production of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.

Following the sell-out success of last year's production of Romeo and Juliet, this year's company is made up of a mix of returning stars and some new faces from among the residents of Wells and surrounding area.