WITH Worcester City Council facing a cash conundrum, it’s a good job our irrepressible MP is willing to help.

Robin Walker was at The Hive last Friday, Worcester’s glorious gold-cladded library, marvelling at what the venue had to offer.

His meeting with Councillor Adrian Gregson, the city’s Labour leader, overran by 20 minutes longer than he planned and when Robin returned to his car he had the horror of peeling off a parking ticket.

Whether this was Coun Gregson’s revenge for the Government’s funding cuts, The Source does not know, but at least it’ll keep the Guildhall coffers ticking over for another day!

* READERS might be wondering what the latest news is on Perry Wood Primary School, three weeks on from Education Secretary Michael Gove’s visit to Worcester.

After head teacher Ange Beddow disappeared at the start of December, with The Griffin Trust not telling anyone where she is or if she will return, Mr Gove told yours truly he would get answers.

On his website it details a London phone number for anyone who “would like to contact Michael in his capacity as secretary of state”, which doesn’t work.

Has the line imploded due to all those hateful calls from teachers around the country or does he just want to be left alone?

* EVER since they were elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner and deputy, Bill Longmore and Barrie Sheldon have insisted they are “not politicians” – but The Source finally has scientific proof they are wrong.

Mr Sheldon, speaking to Worcester councillors on Wednesday night, said: “I’ve been told to never use the word ‘cuts’, but say savings instead – so we say ‘there’s savings we have to make’.”

Indeed, you ARE a politician!

* HARRIETT Baldwin gets a pat on the back from The Source for getting into David Cameron’s good books.

The Conservative MP is now the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Russia, with her spin doctor Ed Davies sending out a press release on Monday saying she “speaks fluent Russian”.

Within hours a follow-up correction was rushed our way, saying Harriett is “not fluent in Russian, but does speak the language.”

So no chance of those linguistic skills being used to bring crates of cheap vodka here then.

* DO you recall the saga of Eric Kitson, elected to Worcestershire County Council last May for UKIP, who resigned 13 days in after his Facebook page was found littered with anti-Jewish and anti- Muslim cartoons and comments?

Party leader Nigel Farage was quizzed by The Times last Saturday about UKIP’s council candidates in 2013, describing it as a “struggle with talent”.

That’s one way of putting it. Chortle chortle.