Gheluvelt Park’s splashpad having to close on some of the hottest days of the year is “embarrassing” for the council. Managing director David Blake made the admission in an Environment committee meeting at the Guildhall on Tuesday (July 23). The splashpad has been closed for much of the past week with Worcester City Council blaming technical […]
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The Worcester Play Plan was approved by the council last year and set out to “plug the gaps” in play areas and invest in them for children over the next decade. Perdiswell and Battenhall have been earmarked to get a new outdoor play area and pump track for bikes respectively. Play facilities at Cornmeadow Lane, […]
Residents, businesses and visitors are being given the chance to have their say on proposals to improve air quality in Worcester. Public consultations have been launched on two draft plans for the city, one designed to improve the current quality of air and the other to ensure that future building does not have a negative […]
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A City Councillor has called for a play area to be set up in St Stephen ward, which currently has no play areas at all within its boundaries. Speaking at the Place and Economic Development Committee (PED), Councillor Alex Mace said “There are a number of great play areas just over the border, in Gheluvelt […]
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Five Worcester parks and green spaces have received a prestigious environmental award. Gheluvelt Park, Fort Royal Park, Cripplegate Park, Riverside Park and Astwood Cemetery and Crematorium have all maintained their internationally-recognised Green Flag status. The accolade is given in recognition of the high quality and environmental management of the public parks and green spaces. Chair […]
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A SHOCKING speeded up video shows queues of traffic snaking around a Worcester hospital site as calls are renewed to allow patients to use the empty car parks at nearby County Hall. The video, made by Cllr Katie Collier, shows traffic queuing for 90 minutes to get out of the Worcestershire Royal Hospital car park in […]
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CROWDS of more than a thousand gathered to watch a national tug-of-war competition as the hosts continue to pull together to find a new home after they were forced to leave their old one. Large crowds gathered to watch the All UK tug-of-war tournament at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex in Spetchley Road, Worcester hosted by Worcester […]
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COUNTY Hall bosses have ruled out letting hospital patients and visitors use its car parks even though they are virtually empty while the building is closed because of legionella. The suggestion came from Green Party councillor Andrew Cross to relieve pressure on the car park at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester after he witnessed people […]
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I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who voted Green in last week’s general election. Our share of the vote has been gradually going up and it was good to see so many people who have been voting Green in the local elections now starting to vote Green in general elections too. […]
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 […]
