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A COMMUNITY Centre’s expansion is facing uncertainty as the government decides the on future of the levelling up fund. Plans to add a new room in the first floor flat of the Comer Gardens Institute were approved by Worcester City Council in October. But the future of the project is now up in the air after… Read more: Comer Gardens uncertainty as levelling up fund on the line

Recently, the Government dealt a harsh blow to public transport users. The budget included a 50% increase in the fare cap for bus trips outside London, a rise that may put people off using buses or make it an unaffordable option. Rail fares have been raised above inflation, and the cost of railcards for families,… Read more: Urgent Action Needed To Improve Our Buses

Mandy Neill concerned with unsafe children’s play equipment that looked “scruffy and uncared for” decided to take matters into her own hands. Mandy, a local resident and community campaigner, had helped improve the damaged playground surface on Sabrina Avenue after becoming concerned with safety. She feared a child could trip over and fall on the uneven playground surface and noticed… Read more:  Mandy Neill has helped improve the playground on Sabrina Avenue in Claines

WARNDON Villages looks set to finally get a new Beryl Bike bay. Councillors had expressed frustration at the lack of bays for the city’s bikeshare scheme in the area. But at a meeting of Worcester City Council’s environment committee on Tuesday (November 5), officers said a new bay would be installed in the coming weeks.… Read more: Warndon Villages to get new Beryl Bike bay

A new bike bus initiative is proving popular with families. Bike Worcester has set up a new bike bus at Cherry Orchard Primary School, adding to its network of bike buses across the city. The initiative allows families to cycle together to school, providing safety in numbers and encouragement for more people to ditch the… Read more: New bike bus launched at Cherry Orchard Primary School in Worcester

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… Read more: Elena Round calls for an urgent review of broken lifts 

Join us for a classic ken Loach film that tackles the issues of immigrants and their reception in local communities. On Monday 25th November at 7pm, Worcester Green Party will hold a movie evening at Diglis Basin Film Club It is an opportunity to meet like minded Green Party supporters and enjoy a discussion during… Read more: Green Movie Evening

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… Read more: Worcester’s Green MP candidate calls for Wealth Tax

An acoustic evening of singer song writers in St. Peter’s to raise funds for Worcester Green Party on Saturday 16 November 7.30PM. The artists are giving their time for free (apart from the odd drink). Great music, with a smidgen of Green Politics curated by our own Councillor Tor Pingree. We are delighted to announce… Read more: Green Gig Night

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… Read more: Food bank have become normalised, says Worcester councillor

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… Read more: Comer Gardens refurbishment plan gets planning permission

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,… Read more: Racefield Meadow Warndon Villages: ‘putrid’ stink reported

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… Read more: ‘Being a parent shouldn’t come at a cost in politics’

GREEN-minded members of Worcester City Council have officially agreed to up their climate game. Councillors met at a meeting of the full council on Tuesday (September 17) to agree to sign up to the UK100. UK100 is a network of local government leaders focused on tackling the climate emergency by promoting rapid action across a… Read more: Worcester city councillors vote to officially up their climate game

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… Read more: Fuel payment cuts: Pensioner’s worry at being ‘left behind’

AN ACTION plan has been drawn up to preserve one of the city’s green spaces. A new management plan for the Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve in Diglis, Worcester is being developed by the Worcester Green Party and community group Friends of Diglis Fields with help from Worcester City Council. Green councillor Louis Stephen, who represents Battenhall ward, said:… Read more: Action plan for Cherry Orchard Nature Reserve in Worcester

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… Read more: Calls for Worcester’s park and ride to return rejected

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… Read more: County Hall closure: should building be ‘sold off’?