UKIP's deputy leader visited Worcester today - unveiling this bright purple 'Project Fact' Battlebus in the EU referendum campaign.

Paul Nuttall, Nigel Farage's right-hand man, exited this parked bus outside Worcester Cathedral and went on a walkabout around the city centre to urge shoppers to back Brexit.

But their visit was marred by the horrific murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, 41, who was shot in an attack near Leeds - meaning some campaigning was suspended soon after their trip.

During UKIP's visit, the start of a 49-destination tour, he called the EU "a failed project" and insisted Leave was confident of victory next week.

"We've got the passion and the momentum - and my message to people would be, don't be frightened by Remain," he said.

"Project Face is the antithesis of Project Fear - we'll be richer if we leave the EU because of how much we pay into it, that's a simple fact.

"We'll be able to control our own borders, that's another fact - our laws would be made in Westminster, that's another one."

Worcester-based UKIP MEP James Carver, who represents the West Midlands region in Brussels, added: "Things are getting better and better and the very negative stuff coming from Remain about 'Project Fear' isn't working.

"Bob Geldof's behaviour is tantamount to how out of touch they are, people are not reacting well to it.

"I'm really buoyed by our campaigning, five or six months ago I felt we could do it and the polls breed positivity.

"A lot of people aren't being scared by Remain, when in their hearts they feel very different.

"This is fundamentally about who governs Britain, 59 per cent of our legislation that governs our country our politicians can't do anything about."

Fellow West Midlands UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge was among the canvassers, as were several other party members.

UKIP also manned a stall in Angel Place, where passers-by were handed leaflets graphically illustrating some of the bloc's economic problems.

One leaflet depicted riot police holding shields outside a shop called 'The Bank of Greece' with the shutters pulled up, featuring the headline 'who wants to join the Euro'.

After canvassing people around the High Street the party members jumped back aboard the bus to visit Worcester's Cap 'N' Gown pub in Upper Tything where activists were waiting to greet them.

Before visiting Worcester they went to Newport, in South Wales, Monmouth and then Ledbury and Ross - and after the city trip a stop in Kidderminster was next up.