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Worcester's Victorian Fayre fills the city with 200-plus stalls from 3 to 6 December. Spetchley's artisan market is 14-15 November. Dates, hours, what is TBC.
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Nightlife
Worcester Keeps Purple Flag for a Fifth Year Running
Worcester has kept its Purple Flag for safe nights out for a fifth year in a row. What assessors praised, and when the Safe Space van is on the streets to help.
Food hygiene
Worcester Food Hygiene: Four Shops Rated 1, None at Zero
Four Worcester shops hold a 1 and nobody holds a zero. Of September's 18 new ratings, 13 were 5s. The full list, and what each inspection found.
Pensions
Burnham's Triple Lock Plan: Kept to 2030, Then Changed
The triple lock stays for this Parliament and changes from April 2030, the Prime Minister said. What he promised, what is undecided, and Worcester's 18,293 over-65s.
Roads
Swinesherd Way crash: cyclist in his 60s dies on A4440
A cyclist in his 60s died after a collision with a car on the A4440 Swinesherd Way on Friday night. Police want witnesses and dashcam footage, ref 574i.
Travel
M5 Crash Near Worcester: Three Men Taken to Hospital
Two men have potentially serious injuries after a multi-vehicle crash on the M5 southbound near junction 7 this morning. What the ambulance service said.
Events
What's On Worcester: Last Race Days, Three Firework Nights
Racing at Pitchcroft on 7, 12 and 21 October, fireworks at Norton on the 24th and Sixways on 7 November (£12), half term trails and the Cathedral diary.
Worcestershire
Bromsgrove's Claire Field Wins Resolution Innovation Award
Claire Field, founder of the Bromsgrove-based Parenting Apart Programme, won the Resolution Innovation Award 2026 at Church House, Westminster, on 24 September.
Droitwich
Prosper at Home: Droitwich Home Care After a 25-Year Career
Lucy Jackson began in care at 17. After 25 years she is launching Prosper at Home from Queen Street, Droitwich Spa, to support people at home in Worcestershire.
Sport
Worcester Half Marathon: Two World Records and the Times
A Worcester mother and her three sons cut 1hr 41min off a world record, and a radio producer ran it presenting live. The official chip times for both.
Planning
Battenhall Farm Worcester: 180 homes, then a supermarket
The same 5.05 hectare field off Whittington Road was screened for up to 180 homes in June, then for a supermarket, a care home and 70 homes in August.
Arts
Daisy Ridley Judges Worcester Film Festival's 25 Awards
Daisy Ridley and Jessica Henwick are guest judges for Worcester's 25 film awards, decided at the Swan Theatre on Saturday. Tickets are £15 or £45.
Remembrance
Remembrance Sunday Worcester 2026: Parade 9.15am, 8 November
Worcester's Remembrance parade leaves the Cornmarket at 9.15am for a 10am Cathedral service and 11am silence. 2026 is 8 November; roads close 8am to 12.30pm.
Worcester is a cathedral city on the Severn, with the cricket ground on the far bank that floods most winters and the racecourse beside it. The city council’s boundary is drawn tightly around the built-up area, taking in St John’s, Warndon, Dines Green and Ronkswood, and stopping well before Malvern or Droitwich, which are in other districts entirely.
The Worcester Times reports what the record shows. Worcester City Council decides planning, bins, car parks and licensing inside that boundary; Worcestershire County Council runs the roads and the schools. We name which of them a decision belongs to and link to its own record, on every fact we publish.
Every fact carries a link to the document behind it.