MANY figures within the Labour group at County Hall believed they'd be seeing the last of Councillor Adrian Hardman at next year's elections, but no.

Word reaches The Source that the ex-leader, spotted getting a lift in with chief executive Clare Marchant recently rather than 'slum it' on the buses, has been re-selected to contest the Bredon seat in May 2017.

By then he'll be able to start shopping for a brand new car!

* WITH Bill Etheridge's bid to become 'the next Farage' in full flower, yours truly has been trying to get fresh pictures of the UKIP MEP to accompany our stories on his leadership manifesto.

Alas, we have alarmed his effervescent publicity officer Craig Winyard so much, he's stopped answering emails and text messages - with no explanation why.

What on earth have we done to upset Mr Grumpy?

* WORCESTER City Council is still blushing at the recyclable seams after postponing bin collections for nearly 700 homes this week, on the basis of 'staffing issues'.

The tipping point for this eyebrow-raising decision?

A few pre-booked holidays and an "emergency day off" for just ONE worker - if that doesn't show how close to the bone they are, I don't know what does.

If one binman going AWOL shelves rubbish collections for 678 properties imagine the chaos if we ever had a strike at the Sixways depot.

Will the last person at the Guildhall please turn off the lights?

* NOT the kind of folk to be shy, within moments of landing top Government jobs our MPs were busy updating their Twitter profiles to inform the world-at-large of their impressive new fiefdoms - all expect one that is.

Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier was made a minister for the first time by Theresa May 13 days ago, but still makes no mention of it in his bio - referring to himself as a 'Member of Parliament'.

If you need The Source to do it for you, you only have to ask.

* CORBYN-BASHING continues at some pace in bellwether Worcester, where the most outspoken Labour Party members are still yelling at the top of their lungs on the naughty step.

Seizing upon the latest YouGov poll suggesting nine out of 10 pensioners couldn't stand Jezza as Prime Minister, ex-city MP Mike Foster now says Labour will "go out of business" unless he departs.

But Councillor Richard Udall has a genius idea to fool Mr Corbyn into engaging with his Worcester critics - inviting him to a leadership hustings with a twist.

He said: "We could claim it is a 'Cuban Solidarity Meeting' - that way we may get the leader to attend."