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27 November 2024 / 2 December 2024 by patrickvs
At time of writing, Worcester is experiencing its second flooding of the season. We have to face the reality that we are living in a climate emergency. The city council recognised this in July 2019 thanks to a motion proposed by my fellow Green councillor in St Stephen ward, Neil Laurenson. This means that urgent […]
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24 November 2024 / 2 December 2024 by patrickvs
Unfortunately we have to postpone our film showing of the 25th November until 9th December.This is due to flooding as the Sea Cadet station is currently inaccessible. All ticket holders will have received an email regarding this and all tickets remain valid for the new date. There are still tickets available, to book click on […]
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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 […]
28 October 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
A CITY Councillor has called for the government to introduce a tax on the richest in society to help fund public services. Tor Pingree, Worcester City Councillor for St Clements and the Green Party candidate for Worcester in the 2024 General Election, has set out the party’s priorities for the government ahead of the Autumn […]
21 July 2024 / 21 July 2024 by Patrick
A MUM who also serves as a city councillor has compiled a helpful list of fun activities for families to enjoy for free over the summer holidays. Cllr Katie Collier has produced a list of activities for families to enjoy free of charge in Worcester this summer. With some families struggling during the cost of living […]
1 July 2024 / 1 July 2024 by Patrick
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 […]
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 […]
15 April 2024 / 15 April 2024 by Patrick
I had the pleasure of giving some of the Worcester Wheels volunteers a much-deserved Mayoral ‘thank you for everything you do’ tour of the Guildhall. Worcester Wheels helps older and less able-bodied people get around the city to attend hospital appointments and social events where the cost of a taxi would be prohibitive. Their work […]
24 November 2023 / 15 February 2024 by Patrick
A woman who runs a "bike bus" for dozens of people has been named among the UK's 100 most inspirational women in cycling for this year. Katie Collier, 38, from Worcester, set up the weekly rides in which up to 40 families go to school together. She only picked up cycling again in lockdown, but […]
3 November 2023 / 19 November 2023 by Patrick
Worcester Green Party’s local councillors support the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Following the statement from the Green Party of England and Wales that called for the end of the siege and blockade of Gaza, councillors from across the UK have been calling for unity across the political spectrum in demanding the government […]
1 November 2023 / 19 November 2023 by Patrick
More solar panels on the roof of a car park could cut bills by up to £58,000 every year, a council says. Worcester City Council is to spend £521,000 installing the panels on the roof of St Martin's Gate car park in City Walls Road. Joint council leader Marjory Bisset said the move would […]
28 October 2023 by Patrick
JUBILANT Worcester Green Party chiefs have vowed to look ahead to next May’s City Council elections after the party’s success in Warndon Parish by-elections. The party once again turned a former Conservative city council heartland in Worcester from blue to green with an overwhelming success in Warndon Parish South. And the success was doubled with […]
he Green Party increased its representation in local government last week. Two by-elections in Worcester saw the Greens win seats from the Tories. In Warndon Parish South for Worcester City Council, the Green Party’s Katie Collier picked up 53.7 per cent of the vote to win the seat. That saw the Green vote share increase […]
20 October 2023 by Patrick
A blue plaque was installed at a Worcester school in honour of pioneering woman pilot Sheila Scott OBE. RGS Worcester celebrated the installation of their third blue plaque, unveiled by the Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Louis Stephen, that marks the achievements of Sheila - who broke more than 100 aviation records. The plaque for Sheila […]
17 October 2023 by Patrick
Preparations are well underway for the 2023 Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre – and this year why not leave the family car at home – and all take the bus? This year's Fayre is being sponsored by First Bus which is offering a special £10 ticket which will allow five people to have unlimited travel all […]
30 September 2023 / 2 October 2023 by Patrick
Pupils and parents have been celebrating Cycle to School Week in Worcester. Group bike rides in aid of safer cycling conditions - called Kidical Mass events - took place in Worcester on Sunday (September 24) and 33 other towns and cities across the UK, the most ever held in a single weekend. Cycle to School […]
6 March 2023 / 16 March 2023 by Matthew
The Royal College of Physicians estimates that over 40,000 people die early every year in the UK because of poor air quality. The six Green councillors on the city council take this very seriously. They supported Worcester’s first-ever free bus service in the run-up to Christmas. They are pushing for the first electric taxis to […]
6 March 2023 by Matthew
A Green Party motion committing Worcester City Council to sign the Fair Tax Declaration was passed unanimously by councillors at a meeting of full Council. Proposing the motion at the meeting, Karen Lewing, Green Party Councillor for the Arboretum, said: “This motion commits the council to sign up to the ‘Councils for Fair Tax Declaration’ […]
1 September 2022 by Matthew
An acoustic evening of singer-songwriters in St. Peter's to raise funds for Worcester Green Party. The artists are giving their time for free (apart from the odd drink). Great music, with a smidgen of Green Politics... Tor has a few songs with biting and self-deprecating satire. A neat micro pub offering cocktails, real ales, specialist […]
23 May 2022 / 15 March 2023 by Matthew
We have some exciting opportunities coming up. Some of them are real chances to build your own personal skills that, who knows, may one day also help you in other parts of your life. Ahead of the AGM in July please scroll through all possibilities to see which roles fit you best: (some of these […]
4 April 2022 by Matthew
