BEAT manager PC Mark Taylor is to press ahead with a pilot surgery scheme in Severn Stoke, despite dwindling attendance figures.

PC Taylor said that the two drop-in sessions he held earlier this year were attended first by five people and then by just one.

However, he said he was unsure whether this meant people were unaware of them or did not feel the need to go.

He will hold his next surgery in Severn Stoke Village Hall at 10am on Saturday, September 7.