VICTORY: Worcester MP Robin Walker and James Stanley (right) who won in Gorse Hill and Warndon THE CONSERVATIVES have increased their majority on Worcestershire County Council after a disastrous day for Labour which saw the party lose six seats including its leader. It was a successful day for the Conservatives following Thursday’s election with the party snatching seats from Labour in Worcester, Redditch and Bromsgrove as well as claiming victory against a number of independent candidates on the 57-seat council. The Conservatives increased their majority by five claiming 45 seats in total. Labour dropped to three after losing six seats, the Lib Dems gained a seat overall winning four in total which now makes them the official opposition, the Greens gained a seat pushing them up to three seats and there were also two independent candidates elected.
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AN AIREBOROUGH children’s charity has been awarded a £4,000 grant from Comic Relief. The money will be used to help parents with mental health problems.The funding, from Comic Relief’s Covid-19 Community Fund has been given to ACTION (Aireborough Children’s Trust In Our Neighbourhood), a registered charity which supports the work of Aireborough Children’s Centre. A spokesman said: “We have been extremely fortunate to receive a grant from the Comic Relief COVID-19 Community Fund (England). The grant bid was to enable us to tackle the ongoing and detrimental effect of parental mental health within our area and this is what the grant will be used for. As a result of the grant award, we have been able to secure the services of a professional parent counsellor until April 2021.