Wellington town clerk Kathryn Hemensley will be leaving her post next month after nearly two years in the job.

Kathryn, praised as ‘lovely and hard-working’ by town Mayor Cllr Janet Lloyd at Monday evening’s ‘virtual’ town council meeting, is set to become Portland’s town clerk.

Efforts to recruit a new clerk, who will be working a full-time 37-hour week, are under way with interviews on October 1.