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CABINET: Cllr Simon Geraghty (left); (clockwise from top right) Cllr Matt Dormer; new council chairman Steve Mackay; Cllr Marc Bayliss and Cllr Adam Kent A NEW cabinet has been appointed at Worcestershire County Council as councillors met for the first time since the local elections earlier this month. Cllr Simon Geraghty was reappointed as leader of the county council during a meeting at County Hall on Thursday (May 20). Cllr Adrian Hardman remains deputy leader as well as cabinet member for adult social care. Announcing his new cabinet, Cllr Geraghty said: "In selecting my new cabin...

SHARE Last week at Yale Jackson Institute, we held a conference with Justice for Kurds, an advocacy group that seeks to raise awareness for the Kurdish cause. My panel focused on whether there should be a new US Strategy for Syria, Iraq and the Kurds. In other words, should the US help facilitate a Kurdish state? I started working in Kurdistan before the US toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. Like most journalists and aid workers I know who’ve have spent time there, I’ve always believed that the Kurds, like all stateless people, deserve the right to self-determination. The Kurds should have b...

Big wins for Greens, Lib Dems and Independents in Malvern Hills as Tories lose half of seats VICTORY: (clockwise from top right) Green Natalie McVey; independent Beverley Nielsen, Lib dem Jack Satterthwaite and Green Martin Allen BIG wins for the Greens, Lib Dems and independent candidates saw the Conservatives lose half of their county council seats in Malvern Hills. The Conservatives lost three of the six Malvern Hills seats it had held on Worcestershire County Council on Friday (May 7) with the Green Party winning in Croome, the Liberal Democrats winning in Malvern Chase and independen...

TENBURY has a new Worcestershire County Councillor.

WORK is set to get underway next month to make improvements to Evesham town centre. The improvements will happen on Port Street and at the Waterside/Port Street Junction, as part of Worcestershire County Council’s plan to relieve congestion in the town centre. The works will include repaving the footways on Port Street, the reconfiguration of the area outside the former Talbot Pub, updating traffic signals at the Waterside/Port Street Junction, a new controlled pedestrian crossing across Waterside, the upgrade of traffic signals on Port Street and enhanced streetlighting. Councillor...