AUTHENTIC nutter Baron Fullstop, who runs Worcestershire's branch of the Monster Raving Loony Party, is standing in the county council's 2017 elections - giving him nearly 18 months of campaign time.

Our man is eyeing up a Worcester seat, probably the Riverside ward held by deputy leader Simon Geraghty, which would certainly liven things up.

Is the Baron taking directions from Sir Oink-A-Lot?

* GHELUVELT Park has been named among the UK's top three green spaces in a national competition - but The Source wonders whether we've been truly robbed.

The city's famous old site lost to Telford despite it boasting a smaller park with nowhere near the history.

The one winner in all of this was Councillor Andy Roberts who was despatched to Lord's cricket ground to enjoy the glittering awards bash last week (I hope the knees-up was worth it), even if he didn't walk away with the gong.

We demand a recount!

* LIKE a pantomime villain taking his script too seriously, 'PR blunder of the week' must surely go to Worcester City Council for appearing to morph into Ebenezer Scrooge over yarnbomb-gate.

What's Chinese for you've been stitched up?

* ON the subject of a knees-up, Worcester MP Robin Walker enjoyed the delights of Twickenham yesterday, accompanying Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to the crème de la crème of rugby for the Oxford v Cambridge women's Varsity match.

The duo's high spirits were brought crashing down to earth, however, when Cambridge utterly annihilated their old university by 52 points to zero, a record score.

"It wasn't quite the result we were hoping for," says Robin, diplomatically.

* TWO weeks ago we told you how Worcester's Conservatives have set up a new Rainbow Hill branch, the next small step in world domination.

Word on the street is that veteran figurehead Francis Lankester, a well-heeled ex-councillor and top former cabinet member no less, will be contesting the ward at May's elections.

Is he not terribly over-qualified to slum it as a paper candidate?