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Jack Blanchard »
Scrutiny on the County... 'New' plans sound oddly familiar
Posted on 1:53pm Friday 17th April 2009
STRANGE sense of deja vu at County Hall this week, where highly-paid supremo Trish Haines made a rare appearance before the county council's scrutiny committee.
Jack Blanchard »
Foster under fire in Battle of the Atlantic
Posted on 8:00am Friday 20th March 2009
TOUGH week for Worcester's MP, who has found himself floundering under fire in the south Atlantic.
Jack Blanchard »
Coming up smelling of Roses? Labour propaganda secrets revealed
Posted on 11:48am Thursday 19th March 2009
IF there's one piece of literature guaranteed to stir up a row down at Worcester's Guildhall, it's that infamous political pamphlet the Labour Rose.
Jack Blanchard »
Foster fails to Stop the War... of words
Posted on 7:00am Friday 13th February 2009
LOOK out – tensions in the Middle East now appear to have spilled over into our own Faithful City.
Jack Blanchard »
A tale of two cities - Worcesters in crisis
Posted on 10:23am Friday 6th February 2009
STOP me if you've heard this one before...
Author Unknown »
Red faces at Guildhall late show
Posted on 10:20am Friday 6th February 2009
BIT of a ruckus at the Guildhall for the first of the city council's budget scrutiny meetings.
Jack Blanchard »
Council notices city's fly posting problem
Posted on 9:20am Friday 16th January 2009
CONGRATULATIONS to Worcester City Council for a successful clamp-down this week on ugly fly-posting around the city centre.
Jack Blanchard »
No cold turkey from politics this Christmas
Posted on 9:02am Friday 16th January 2009
SO what exactly did our local politicians get up to over Christmas?
Jack Blanchard »
'Tis the season to be jolly... even for our politicians
Posted on 3:04pm Thursday 1st January 2009
FESTIVE fun at County Hall for the last full council meeting of 2008, where all 57 county councillors came together for a rousing end-of-year sing-a-long.
Jack Blanchard »
Dave Bradley »
Friday Feeling
Posted on 8:16am Friday 19th December 2008
“AND so this is Christmas and what have you done”, as the Beatles sang, and indeed wrote, although I think they got it wrong with the line: “Another year over and a new one just begun”.
Author Unknown »
Your MP Writes
Posted on 10:28am Thursday 18th December 2008
I WAS shocked to read in the Worcester News that the city council is considering cuts of £3 million next year.
Peter Atkinson »
Dean's Diary
Posted on 9:49am Wednesday 17th December 2008
THERE was an unusual buzz of excitement in the little town of Greccio in Italy in the days before Christmas 1223.
Jack Blanchard »
MP meets machine gun men
Posted on 9:56am Friday 12th December 2008
FIRST inter-continental assignment last week for Worcester MP Mike Foster...
Author Unknown »
Friday Feeling
Posted on 9:34am Friday 12th December 2008
BEEN on holiday this week, well not on holiday as such, just not working for the BBC.
Author Unknown »
Your MP Writes
Posted on 9:11am Thursday 11th December 2008
BECAUSE of prolonged parliamentary business on Monday, the adjournment debate I had obtained on the post office closure consultations did not start until 11.02pm.
Bob Churchill »
Bob: Christmas is banned... again?
Posted on 1:57pm Tuesday 9th December 2008
Every single year we're told Christmas is "banned". And every time it's rubbish.
Dave Bradley »
Friday Feeling
Posted on 9:03am Friday 5th December 2008
I WILL be in France following the Warriors when you read this.
Michael Spicer »
Your MP Writes
Posted on 10:10am Thursday 4th December 2008
THE opening of Parliament by the Queen yesterday had more than its usual constitutional significance.
Author Unknown »
Bishop John - Bishop of Worcester's Diary
Posted on 9:28am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
THE Christmas lights are on in Worcester and throughout Worcestershire. We all have cause to be thankful that our councils have not gone the way of Oxford City Council, which has abandoned Christmas this year in favour of what it calls a winter light festival.
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