27 October 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
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 […]
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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 […]
16 September 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
CALLS for Worcester’s park and ride to return have been knocked back by Conservative county councillors. But Worcester councillor Matt Jenkins has vowed: “We’ll keep pushing for this.” The Green Party’s Cllr Jenkins had put forward the idea of bringing back a city park and ride, 10 years after the Perdiswell scheme was scrapped by […]
THE fate of council headquarters should not be decided behind closed doors whether the deserted building is sold to the hospital or knocked down for houses, says a concerned councillor. Questions remain about the future of County Hall in Worcester which has been closed to the public and staff since since legionella bacteria was found in the water over two months ago. The […]
