Many residents, whilst speaking to Paul and Louis, have raised concerns about the speed of the traffic on London Road. This has been highlighted by another serious accident near Foxwell Street in August with a car flipping on to its roof. Speeding cars and lorries, as well as being noisy are creating safety concerns for […]

My name is Louis Stephen I’m a Green Party councillor on Worcester’s city council. I don’t want to be here. We shouldn’t need to be here but be here we must. Thank you to Worcester Trades Council A sincere thank you to everyone for coming to stand up to racism and violent thuggery. Some might […]

Interesting planning committee meeting today where we discussed buildings on the ‘At Risk’ register. This building, now in a sorry state, was built in 1913 at farriers smithy for shoeing horses. Apparently horses were led through the horseshoe arch to have their shoes replaced. Behind this site was a blacksmith for making the shoes. It’s […]

Quite a lot of people are trying to cut down on their car use. A few years back we went from having two cars to one. It was a bit scary but ever since I’ve used my e-bike a whole lot more. There is always a bit of a concern though with not having a […]

A city councillors Paul and I have been informed that that the proposed Toucan Crossing across Bath Road is now nearing its initiation. It will be built near the junction of Norton Road and Bath Road. Click on this blue text for a link to a drawing of the general arrangement to give an idea […]

Worcester Green Party has done amazingly well. Here in Battenhall I was re-elected for a second time and with an increased share of the vote – 68% is not too shabby – thank you for your support. The Greens won another seat and we now have 12 of the 35 city councillors. Across the whole […]

Sadly, my time as Mayor has now come to an end. The chain of office has been handed over, a thank you and goodbye speech made at the Guildhall and the safe for the very valuable chain that has been a bit of an eye sore in the hallway for the last year has been removed. […]

This week I joined the Honeywell Bike Bus in Dines Green. It was great to be able to show a bit of Mayoral support for this fantastic initiative. Not yet familiar with bike buses? A bike bus is a brilliant way to support and encourage primary-school children to cycle to school, reducing traffic and giving […]

Last weekend we were invited to a performance of Mass in Blue by Youth Choral Worcestershire in the cathedral. This is a project set up in 2010 to provide educational singing projects to young people in the county, particularly those who have limited opportunity to access this sort of experience. It is open to any […]

Last Sunday it was the Scout’s annual St George’s Day parade. I’m always learning. The sun shone on the hundreds of Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers as they marched past the Vice Lord-Lieutenant Gilbert Greenall taking the salute. There was a warm positive atmosphere with the High Street packed with proud parents and grandparents. […]