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New boundary proposals

New boundaries are being How the new ward
map could look
proposed for council wards in

Worcester City Council.

The Local Government to 12 of the city’s current
Boundary Commission for wards.
England (LGBCE) is seeking
the views of residents and Proposed changes include:
local organisations on its • The existing Cathedral
plans to alter the ward ward being split into
boundaries for elections two wards called City
to the City Council – and Centre and Fort
there is still time to have Royal
your say. The consultation • The merging
runs until 9 January 2023. of the existing
Gorse Hill
The Commission is the and Warndon
independent body that wards, with
draws these boundaries. It some electors
is reviewing Worcester to moved into Nunnery
make sure councillors will ward.
represent about the same
number of electors, and The Commission has a
that ward arrangements dedicated section on its
will help the Council work website at consultation.
effectively. lgbce.org.uk, where you
can see the detail of the
The Commission has proposals and comment on Keeping Worcester’s gull
published proposals for the names of wards, their
changes to Worcester, boundaries and the number population under control
suggesting that, from of councillors per ward.
2024, there should be 35 A report on gulls in being installed to stop gulls
councillors across 15 wards, Have your say by emailing Worcester has been reaching nesting sites at 22
with five wards represented reviews@lgbce.org.uk or by reviewed by councillors. It buildings in the city so far this
by three councillors and the writing to: Review Officer sets out the steps that have year.
remainder having two each. (Worcester), LGBCE, PO been taken to control the
There would be changes Box 133, Blyth NE24 9FE birds’ numbers. Cllr Andy Stafford, Chair of
the Environment Committee,
Keep up to date with all the This year Worcester City said: “Gulls are protected
under the 1981 Wildlife
Council has spent £75,000
latest news on Worcester Show on gull control, helping to and Countryside Act, so
limit the growth in the birds’ the measures we take are
This year’s Worcester Show was a blazing success, numbers to around 29 pairs licensed by Natural England
despite the extremely hot weather – and now plans a year. A survey showed that and we also work with
are underway for next year’s event, which will be there were 1,130 breeding partners such as the British
held on August 13, 2023. pairs of lesser black-backed Trust for Ornithology.”
gulls and herring gulls in
You can keep up to date with the very latest news Worcester this year.
of Worcester Show 2023 by signing up to the new
e-newsletter ‘Show Bizz’, and During 2022, 136 nests in the
get the scoop on competition city were removed as well as
information and a sneak peek into 242 eggs, all under licence
the Show’s line-up for 2023. from Natural England.

Find out more at www.worcester A subsidised gull-proofing
show.org.uk or scan the QR code. scheme has also proved Gull nesting
successful, with steel cages exclusion cage

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