COUNTY Hall's Teddy Bear Scandal shows no sign of being resolved, with the hunt for the Labour Party's apparently nicked mascot 'Jeremy' still rumbling on.

Ever since our appeal for assistance the Worcester News has had a grand total of three phone calls about Richard Udall's AWOL fluffy friend, including:

1. Tory Cllr Marc Bayliss adamant that Richard "has hidden it himself" in a publicity stunt

2. A women who said she was "calling about the bear" and swore loudly before hanging up

3. A man who sounded suspiciously like Conservative Cllr Clive Holt, claiming to have strangled it

But word reaches The Source that help is at hand from an unlikely source - with Worcestershire County Council chairman Cllr Tony Miller expected to become the hero.

The grizzled Tory, an ex-IT guru at West Mercia Police, has an unwanted teddy bear at his house and is prepared to offer it to Labour given the discomfort Jeremy's absence has sparked.

All together now, ah!

* AT Worcester City Council 'talk to the people' is the mantra of the day, but is it working?

On Tuesday night bosses staged an open public meeting aimed at having frank discussions with the public over the council's looming problems, namely a near £2 million budget gap by 2020/21.

But despite a table of generous refreshments laid out for the thirsty and ample seating for 40 folk, a grand total of two people turned up.

"When cuts are made, and they will be, I hope not to hear any complaints," one tells us.

* NIGEL Farage has been sticking to Donald Trump like glue in a desperate bid to get a job, but let's hope the US President elect doesn't read The Source.

Mr Farage was having dinner with UKIP deputy treasurer Peter Jewell the weekend before last, his Worcestershire confidante, and remarked that he thought Trump was full of "bluster" and wouldn't carry out any of his more far-fetched promises.

* A HELICOPTER appears on the cards this Christmas for a former leading County Hall Conservative who is fed up of tailbacks and no longer on-message.

Ex-cabinet member Liz Eyre, who travels in from Broadway, said: "It used to take me 30 minutes to get to County Hall, now it takes me 50 minutes."

* MID-WORCESTERSHIRE MP Nigel Huddleston has managed to attend a live Strictly Come Dancing show, but rumours of him becoming 'the next Ed Balls' are wrong.

"I can promise my constituents I won’t be following him into the Strictly ballroom anytime soon," he insists.