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Meanwhile there are calls from scientists for the government to make the lockdown stricter, with measures similarly to the March lockdown of last year, as pressure on hospitals continued to grow. Measures speculated that could be introduced included nurseries closed, support bubbles ended, face mask being made compulsory in outdoor areas, and exercise limited to one hour. Worcester’s MP Robin Walker said: “Any decisions made will be based on evidence. "It is really crucial people fo...

A PRIMARY school headteacher has called for teachers to be a higher priority to receive a Covid vaccine so they can feel “confident” about being…

AN Anti-Semitic Worcester pensioner who compared the BBC to ‘Nazis’ and ranted at ‘idiot’ city police has been spared jail. BBC-bothering James Evans, who has mental health issues, had already been served with a restraining order which prohibited him from contacting BBC Hereford and Worcester in Hylton Road and the city’s MP, Robin Walker. However, he began breaching the order yet again from April 8 last year, sending BBC Hereford and Worcester nearly 200 letters. When arrested he...

WORCESTERSHIRE MPs have spoken out about the rioting in the US as angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power. The attack on Wednesday evening, which left four people dead, forced politicians to rush from the building and interrupted challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Worcester MP Robin Walker said it was extraordinary to see one of the greatest superpowers in the world become re...

The latest review of the current rules is set to take place today at 3pm. Health Secretary Matt Hancock will announce the latest changes in the House of Commons, shortly after MPs vote on Boris Johnson’s last-gasp Brexit trade deal. On November 26 it was announced Worcestershire would move from the lowest tier one to the stricter tier two restrictions that banned households from mixing indoors and the rule of six applied to people meeting outside. After a government tier review ...

RATES: Worcestershire CORONAVIRUS infection rates across the county have continued to increase according to the latest figures. Worcestershires overall infection rate in the week up to December 23 was 218.4 cases per 100,000 people - with 1,301 cases recorded in the seven days. This is up from our last reported figure, the week up to December 22 when the figure was 204.1. Worcesters infection rate was 198.6 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to December 23 - up from 178.8 cases pe...

TIER: An announcement will be made which tier Worcestershire will be placed in after the latest review this week WORCESTER’S MP says he fears now Worcestershire could be heading for a higher tier after the county returned to above 200 cases per 100,000 people. Robin Walker said he had previously called for Worcestershire to drop from tier two to the lowest but the rising infection rates, for dates just before Christmas, have led him to concede “unfortunately we could go higher”. The...

A POST-Brexit deal has been agreed between the European Union and United Kingdom it has been announced in the last hour.

A SPURNED candidate reckons voters will “punish” Conservatives in next year’s county council elections if Evesham’s cycle routes are not improved. Matt Snape, who had put himself forward to stand in for the Tories in Evesham North West in next year’s Worcestershire County Council elections, says the condition of the paths is “a bad situation”. “Woodlands is the street that I chose to litter-pick on behalf of Wychavon’s Adopt A Street scheme and I am so annoyed that the T...

Christmas in Kidderminster town centre. Photo by Sally Shillingford/Advertiser and Shuttle Camera Club THE leader of Wyre Forest District Council has urged the districts Christmas shoppers to avoid travelling to areas with higher infection rates like Birmingham and the Black Country. Councillor Graham Ballinger welcomed the news that Worcestershire will remain in tier two following the governments review, but said he understood many would be disappointed the county was not moved down to tie...