Summary

  • Updates from Friday 9 September

  1. Lost parking charges cost council £400kpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 11 June 2020

    The loss of parking machine revenue has cost Worcester City Council £400,000.

    Flooding earlier in the year and the coronavirus lockdown have forced the local authority to dip into its reserves to plug the gap.

    Parking machine

    Councillors also agreed to look for funding from the government’s business rates retention pilot scheme.

  2. Your photos: A grey and overcast daypublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    BBC Weather Watchers

    It's been another overcast day and there's some rain to come, looking at the clouds in these photos.

    They were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Rushbury and Bromyard.

    RushburyImage source, Peter Steggles
    BromyardImage source, Postman Les
  3. Severn Valley Railway expecting big lossespublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 10 June 2020

    BBC Midlands Today

    The Severn Valley Railway has said it expects to lose £6m in revenue this year - three-quarters of its income.

    It had already seen a 75% drop in passenger numbers because of the February floods and said it needed £4,5m to pay for essential works.

    Severn Valley Railway

    An emergency appeal by the railway had raised £750,000 by 4 June, and it said its immediate future had been secured as a result.