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28 June 2024 / 28 June 2024 by Patrick
Lots of people in Worcester are showing their support for Tor to be Worcester’s next MP and urging voters to vote green by putting up a Green Party poster.So many that we ran out of posters for a while, but as these are now back in stock. Why not join in and show your support […]
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Elections News
27 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Patrick
There was lively discussion and debate in College Hall at King’s Worcester on Monday evening (24th June red.), as the School hosted a Question Time style meeting with local parliamentary candidates. All the candidates for election were invited to take part, and Mel Allcott spoke for the Liberal Democrats, Marc Bayliss for the Conservative and […]
News Transport
22 June 2024 by Patrick
A WORCESTER councillor has called for more to be done to protect cyclists after he was knocked off his bike and ended up in an ambulance. Cllr Matthew Jenkins, who represents Worcester-St Stephen at Worcestershire County Council, said he has been hit by a car twice in the past eight months while cycling. He believes ‘the […]
22 June 2024 / 22 June 2024 by Patrick
Worcester’s Green MP candidate says the post of police and crime commissioner has become too politicised after the fallout over the force’s missing chief constable. Tor Pingree, the Green Party Parliamentary candidate for Worcester, made the comments after it was revealed the preferred candidate for chief constable would not be taking up the post. Metropolitan police commander Kyle Gordon will not now take […]
Campaigns Elections
12 June 2024 by Matthew
The Green Party’s manifesto has been launched. Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future. We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and […]
News
10 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Patrick
At the Communities Committee on June 5th, Labour councillors voted to suspend discretionaryDisabled Facility Grants “top up” grants, and cap other payments, including those for supportingHospital Discharge and Dementia Dwelling GrantsThis represents a 45% reduction in the maximum budget for each Disabled Facilities Grant, from£55,000 to £30,000, and a 33% reduction in the total annual […]
9 June 2024 by Patrick
Worcester has two Parkruns: the original Worcester Parkrun, up at Worcester Woods Country Park and Worcester Pitchcroft on the racecourse, alongside the River Severn. There’s also the new Junior Parkrun on Digilis Fields. Parkrun is a free, weekly 5k run (or walk) put on by volunteers at 9am every Saturday, and there are hundreds now […]
9 June 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Patrick
Campaigners in Worcester are defending a pro-Palestine mural they say is at risk of being removed by the council. The mural appeared on Silver Street in Lowesmoor in March and features journalists Lama Jamous and Noor Harazeen. But UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) have written to Worcester City Council to say the mural breaches planning […]
