8 November 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Matthew
A LIFT has reopened after disabled people were “denied access to leisure facilities” for months. Two lifts at Perdiswell Leisure Centre that provided access to gym facilities for less mobile users were out of action before reopening this week. One had been reportedly closed for eight months and another had been closed for six weeks. It led Worcester City Councillor and […]
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27 October 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
Food banks have become “normalised” in our society, according to a city councillor. Worcester City Council donated £40,000 to Worcester Foodbank earlier this year, which was used to support 1,052 households. This came from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Household Support Fund. It will provide a further £10,000 to the food bank between October […]
The refurbishment of a community centre has been granted planning permission by city councillors. Worcester City Council’s planning committee backed plans to renovate a dilapidated first-floor flat in Comer Gardens Institute at a meeting on Thursday (October 24). This will enable Comer Gardens Community Centre, which currently occupies the ground floor of the building, to […]
10 October 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
Disgusted homeowners have described an ‘absolutely putrid’ stink as one councillor sniffed out the source in the hope a solution can be found. The ‘sewage’ stench has emerged at Racefield Meadow at the bottom of Dugdale Drive in Warndon Villages with the issue brought to public attention in the Warndon Villages Community Group. Residents, writing on the Facebook group, […]
19 September 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
Politicians who are also parents or caregivers should be allowed to participate and vote remotely, according to a pregnant city councillor in Worcester. Liberal Democrat Jessie Jagger said the flexibility would help attract a more diverse range of people into local politics, including those with disabilities or full-time jobs. A legal requirement for councillors to […]
A PENSIONER has told councillors she is among the millions being “left behind” by cuts to winter fuel payments. Clare Wratten spoke at Worcester City Council’s meeting at the Guildhall on Tuesday, September 17. She said age-gap couples are among those affected by the controversial government policy and urged councillors to do what they can […]
