Severn Trent Water sewage in real time on live map 6 February 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs LIVE maps now show sewage being dumped in Worcestershire in ‘real time’ as city councillors call for an overhaul of how water companies work. The sewage map has gone live, showing the situation across the country, including in Worcestershire as Severn Trent Water comes under fire for having too much focus on ‘profits’. The map […] Read more »
57 Arboretum street signs replaced by Worcester councillors 6 February 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs Dozens of street signs that made an area of Worcester look “rundown and unloved” have been restored. Two Worcester City councillors have finally finished a long-running project to restore 57 street name plates across Arboretum. Councillors Karen Lewing and Hannah Cooper noticed that many signs were so faded that they were illegible while others were […] Read more »
Green Councillors ‘pleased to hear’ that elections will go ahead 5 February 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs Worcester Green Party’s City and County Councillors have reacted to the news that the May county council elections will go ahead as planned. Council Leader Simon Geraghty had written to Local Government Minister Jim McMahon requesting that the elections be cancelled this year, saying that it would enable the county council to focus on forming […] Read more »
Green Councillors criticise Worcester MP’s vote on Climate and Nature Bill 29 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs Tom Collins, the Labour MP for Worcester, has been criticised by Worcester Green Party for voting against the reading of the Climate and Nature Bill in Parliament, a decision they have called ‘worrying and ‘irresponsible’. However, he said he and the Labour Party were committed to making the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’. The Climate and Nature […] Read more »
Birch Meadow homes in Battenhall ’empty for six years’ 15 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs HOMES in the city have stood empty for six years with thousands of people stuck on the housing waiting list as a builder says he hopes families will soon be able to move in. Builder and developer Dale Misters wants to see families move into the 12 empty homes his company built at Birch Meadow, off Battenhall Road […] Read more »
Green MP Ellie Chowns visits Worcester 7 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs The Green Party’s first MP to be elected in the Midlands, North Herefordshire MP Ellie Chowns, came to Worcester on Saturday 4th January to speak to Green Party campaigners and supporters. Dr. Chowns, one of the party’s 4 new MPs who won her seat in July, talked about the work she carried out in her […] Read more »
